Category: Legal aid

Dublin not expecting EU objections to new trade rules for Northern Ireland – UK politics live

Irish foreign minister says he does ‘not anticipate any particular difficulties in respect of the EU side’Back at the home affairs committee James Daly (Con) asks why so few police investigations end up in people...

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Target of Tory ‘lefty lawyer’ dossier forced to review security after email

Head of immigration at Leigh Day, Jacqueline McKenzie, says she has had to take precautions after ‘ominous’ messageUK politics live – latest updatesA lawyer who was targeted by a Conservative party dossier sent...

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Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month

Exclusive: leaked documents on illegal migration bill also say legal aid fees will need to rise in order to ensure legal coverMore than 3,000 asylum seekers could be detained and deported from the UK every month to enforce...

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Liz Truss’s justice secretary urged to meet striking criminal barristers

CBA chair called on lord chancellor to hold talks in bid to resolve 22-week-long industrial actionThe leader of criminal barristers on strike in England and Wales has urged Liz Truss’s lord chancellor to hold urgent talks...

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Thousands of domestic abuse survivors denied help after legal aid cuts, study finds

Exclusive: Research calculates proportion of domestic abuse cases funded by legal aid has fallen from 75% to 47% in 10 yearsTens of thousands of domestic abuse survivors have been “forced to continue living under the...

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