Extending legal aid to all kinship carers
More legal aid provision is needed to help families and friends to look after children and avoid them having to go into care.
30 Jun 2022
Legal aid
Years of underinvestment have brought the justice system to its knees. Victims, defendants and witnesses are suffering the consequences while hardworking solicitors are forced out of the sector. We’re fighting for properly funded legal aid and access to justice for all.
Resources
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- Civil legal aid applications – tips for providers05 May 2021
- Court reform programme: events25 Oct 2019
- Criminal legal aid report – key recommendations24 Jan 2022
- Exceptional Case Funding – guidance for solicitors10 Oct 2019
- Guidance during Criminal Bar Association action24 Jun 2022
- Guidance for legal aid providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic27 Aug 2021
- Legal aid for pro bono clinics13 Aug 2019
- Litigants in person: guidelines for lawyers04 Jun 2015
- Living with COVID-19: safety in court and tribunal buildings15 Jun 2022
- Means assessments for vulnerable clients21 May 2014
- Our family legal aid policy position08 Nov 2021
- Tendering for legal aid contracts29 Aug 2019
- Cost of a day in court - New analysis by the Law Society27 Jul 2018
- Disqualified from justice: Legal aid means test report01 Apr 2018
- Justice on trial 2019: Fixing our criminal justice system report14 Jun 2019
- LASPO 4 years on: Law Society review29 Jun 2017
- Law under lockdown: the impact of COVID-19 measures on access to justice and vulnerable people25 Sep 2020
- Our submission to the 2021 spending review and autumn budget27 Oct 2021
- Paying for legal help when ineligible for criminal legal aid – report 28 Sep 2018
- Research on the benefits of early professional legal advice19 Jun 2018
- Technology, access to justice and the rule of law report16 Sep 2019
- The impact of legal aid capital and contribution thresholds for victims of domestic violence28 Sep 2018
- Changes to the evidence requirements for legal aid funding in private law family cases (domestic violence gateway)25 Apr 2018
- Consumer Contracts Regulations 201310 Nov 2021
- Defence costs orders18 Mar 2021
- Rejecting un-remunerative publicly funded criminal work13 Dec 2019
- Representation before mental health tribunals12 Dec 2019
- Community care – legal aid deserts07 Jun 2022
- Education – legal aid deserts07 Jun 2022
- Housing – legal aid deserts07 Jun 2022
- Immigration and asylum – legal aid deserts07 Jun 2022
- Nightingale courts status interactive map17 Jun 2022
- Welfare benefits – legal aid deserts07 Jun 2022
- Changes to court working hours03 Mar 2022
- Criminal legal aid review08 Jun 2022
- Domestic Abuse Act 202102 Jun 2021
- LASPO Act 25 Mar 2022
- Legal aid fee for First-tier Immigration Tribunal appeals following CCD process20 May 2020
- Legal aid means test review08 Jun 2022
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