legal aid
Tory MP: People opposed to legal aid cuts are “irresponsible and unhelpful”
Tory MP Ben Gummer attacked campaigners against the government's legal aid cuts at the Law Society fringe at the Conservative party conference last night.
The government must explain the alternatives to Conditional Fee Arrangements
The government should urgently explain the alternatives to Conditional Fee Arrangements, writes Sound off for Justice’s Jonny Mulligan.
NHS report urges government to stop legal aid cuts
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill committee hearings will be closely watched, many believing the bill is fundamentally flawed, a shambles.
Without Legal Aid how do victims’ families take on the News of the World?
Following David Cameron's savage Legal Aid cuts, how will the ordinary victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal afford to take Rupert Murdoch to court?
The poor and vulnerable will lose out most from the new Justice Bill
Jonny Mulligan of the Sound Off For Justice campaign looks at who will really pay the price of the government's new Justice Bill, debated before the Commons today.
Outrage at government plans to fast track legal aid legislation
There is widespread outrage at government plans to fast track legislation that will disadvantage the poorest and most vulnerable in society.