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Legal aid minister in conciliatory mood
Lord McNally at All-Party Group on Legal Aid Outspoken comments about the cost of defence advocates by the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling have been raised by LAG with justice minister Lord McNally....
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No consultation on principle of criminal legal aid tendering
It was clear from the meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid yesterday evening that there is a wide gulf between legal aid practitioners and the government on the issue of...
View ArticleMcNally defends competitive tendering plans
At a meeting yesterday morning in London, the legal aid minister, Lord McNally, defended the government’s plans to introduce competitive tendering for criminal legal aid. While he said that the...
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Government reveals real agenda?
Former Appeal Court judge, Sir Anthony Hooper, appeared on the Today programme this morning (4 June) to argue against the government’s plans for price competitive tendering for criminal legal aid....
View ArticleFigures show a fall in income for Criminal Legal Aid Barristers
In what LAG suspects is a move timed to coincide with the strike action called by members of the Criminal Bar for next Monday (6th January), the government yesterday published figures for the earnings...
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Grayling day
A larger than life Grayling attended the demonstration this morning. Pic LAG Solicitors and Barristers from across the country today were refusing to attend court hearings as part of a day of action...
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Grayling day one week on
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s birthday is on 1st April- a likely date for further protests. Last Friday ( 7th March) lawyers across the country refused to work in the criminal courts and joined...
View ArticleGovernment student advice centre plans slammed
Earlier this week reforms of the family justice system, labelled by the government as “the largest in a generation” , came into effect. Much of the media coverage of the changes focused on the...
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Judicial review pontoon
It’s been a very bad day for the Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling and a good day for justice, as the government has suffered defeats in two judicial review cases on legal aid. The first...
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Gove takes over at the MoJ
On Tuesday last week the Justice Alliance held a demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to celebrate the departure of Chris Grayling as Justice Secretary. Grayling in his term of office...
View ArticleGove’s speech an opportunity or just hot air?
Last month LAG blogged that we should seek engagement with the new Lord Chancellor whilst keeping the placards on hold. The question following Michael Gove’s speech this morning is whether the agenda...
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Criminal lawyers strike
Criminal legal aid firms are usually too afraid of rivals poaching their clients to go on strike, but the Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove’s decision to go ahead with a fee cut from today (1st July),...
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