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Civil legal aid applications – tips for providers05 May 2021
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance and best practice for member safety in court and tribunal buildings22 Jul 2021
Court reform programme: events25 Oct 2019
Cuts to Standard Monthly Payments – guidance to firms09 Sep 2020
Exceptional Case Funding – guidance for solicitors10 Oct 2019
Guidance for legal aid providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic15 Jun 2020
Litigants in person: guidelines for lawyers04 Jun 2015
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
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
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

Nightingale courts status interactive map16 Apr 2021

Changes to court working hours04 Jan 2021
Domestic Abuse Act 202102 Jun 2021

Legal Aid Agency review of contingency measures

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has reviewed its COVID-19 contingency measures for crime and civil legal aid practitioners.

21 Jun 2021

Social welfare and housing
Press release

Tenants facing homelessness as eviction ban ends must get legal aid support, warn solicitors' leaders

As we mark the end of the eviction ban, we urge the UK government to act in the best interest of the public.

31 May 2021

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Civil legal aid
Consultation response

Civil legal aid bills consultation – Law Society response

We responded to a consultation we instigated through judicial review, on the proposed transfer of the assessment of all civil legal aid bills of costs to the Legal Aid Agency.

14 May 2021

Employment
Consultation response

BEIS consultation on measures to extend the ban on exclusivity clauses in contracts of employment – Law Society response

We've responded to a government proposal to extend the ban on exclusivity clauses beyond zero-hours contracts, to contracts where workers’ guaranteed weekly income is less than £120 a week.

21 Apr 2021