Commenting on the appointment of Liz Truss as Justice Secretary our Director, Richard Garside, said:
Liz Truss' predecessor, Michael Gove, seems destined to go down as the great prison reformer whose career was ended before he had time to disappoint prison reformers.
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Faced with a barristers' boycott last year in a dispute over legal aid fees, the then Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, underwent what appeared to be an unlikely political conversion.
A...
The Guardian reports on a written submission to MPs by the Judicial Executive Board, which blames legal aid cuts for outbreaks of courtoom violence.
The Board, made up of the most...
On Wednesday 27 November 2013 Vivian Reding, the European Union Justice Commissioner introduced a new package of...
The Bar Council, the professional association for barristers in England and Wales, has challenged the Justice Secretary's claims on the costs of legal aid.
During a recent appearance before the House of Commons Justice Committee Chris Graying, the Justice Secretary, claimed that the '...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has argued that the government's proposals to limit legal aid must be 'consistent with' fundamental principles of justice. In its response to the...
On 9 July 2013 Theresa May, the Home Secretary, announced the government’s intention to opt out of 130...
About £525 per claim from a total 43,780 claims, according to Full Fact.
The Guardian has spoken to former defendants, families and lawyers about the risk of widespread miscarriages of justice if the government's legal aid cuts go...
Justice Minister Chris Grayling has backed down on plans to restrict legal aid to a small number of hand-picked firms, according to The Daily Telegraph...
Hundreds of lawyers demonstrated in front of the Parliament over government reforms to legal aid.
The Guardian reported that haulage firm, Eddie Stobart, has...
My lords, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for having me. I am delighted to be in King's College, and to face a distinguished audience for my first major speech on the subjects for which I have found myself responsible since I returned to office.
