Filters
Criminal legal aid is in a precarious state. Richard Miller, head of justice at the Law Society, explains the first steps we’d like to see from the government to offer the justice system the support it urgently needs.
Our head of justice Richard Miller explains how the rule of law benefits us and that judges are not the enemy of the people.
As lawyers, we are really good at talking about "access to justice". I have used that phrase countless times over the past few years.
In 2017 the country has been struck by a series of tragedies. A number of terrorist attacks were followed by the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower. The whole country was united in sympathy for those affected by these events, and wanted to do something to help. The legal community was no different.