At the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference party members voted overwhelmingly against Ken Clarke and Lord McNally’s plans to cut legal aid by £350 million.
J Mulligan presents the evidence against there being a compensation culture, and argues that attempts to fix this nonexistent problem will harm those worst off.
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 should urgently explain the alternatives to Conditional Fee Arrangements, writes Sound off for Justice’s Jonny Mulligan.
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill committee hearings will be closely watched, many believing the bill is fundamentally flawed, a shambles.
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?