Challenge accuses Alex Chalk of failure to raise rates, reducing access in immigration and asylum casesThe lord chancellor is being taken to the high court over claims that legal aid fees are so low they are preventing lawyers...
Read MoreIrish 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...
Read MoreLord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law ProjectAvailability of legal aid for immigration and asylum in England and Wales is so poor that the lord chancellor is in...
Read MoreHead 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...
Read MoreExclusive: 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...
Read MoreExclusive: Claimants will have only 20 days to respond or face rejectionPlans to cut the asylum backlog by sending questionnaires to refugees instead of conducting official interviews will demand that claimants reply in English...
Read MoreCBA 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...
Read MoreThe CBA says the offer of a 15% uplift in fees is insufficient and is calling for a 25% rise to make up for years of funding cutsCriminal barristers in England and Wales are to begin a strike over legal aid fees on Monday, as...
Read MoreExclusive: 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...
Read MoreSolicitors and barristers say they feel unsafe and warn Home Office attacks on lawyers are undermining the legal systemLeading immigration lawyers have told the Guardian that increasingly hostile rhetoric from the home secretary...
Read MoreSystem hit by shortage of defence lawyers, end of furlough scheme and postponement of trials during pandemicThe criminal justice system in England and Wales is facing the triple threat of a shortage of defence lawyers, financial...
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