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Submission to the 2020 comprehensive spending review

This submission sets out our key recommendations to the Treasury for the 2020 comprehensive spending review.

24 Sep 2020
Solicitors’ leader welcomes new fee for Crown Court cases

We welcome the announcement of a new fee for the time defence solicitors spend scrutinising evidence.

17 Sep 2020
Solicitors’ leaders launch legal action against the Legal Aid Agency

Solicitors’ leaders have lodged a judicial review against the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) after they failed to consult properly around a decision to move legal aid cost assessments in-house.

03 Sep 2020
JLD statement – Criminal Legal Aid Review

The Junior Lawyers Division's statement about the Criminal Legal Aid Review.

27 Aug 2020
Increased fees too small a step to save the criminal defence profession, warns Law Society

We warn that a giant leap in investment is urgently required if criminal legal aid firms are to survive.

21 Aug 2020
Joint statement on jury trials, court capacity and dealing with the backlog

As the representative bodies for barristers and solicitors, we are alarmed by the backlog of cases in the justice system.

03 Jul 2020
120 criminal firms have collapsed with more to follow – Law Society demands more from government proposals

The coronavirus crisis could precipitate the collapse of criminal legal aid as we know it, we warn as we submit a supplemental response to the criminal legal aid review.

17 Jun 2020
Immediate action needed to save the justice system

Solicitors’ leaders are warning that immediate action is needed to save the justice system as criminal legal aid law firms continue to go under at an alarming rate.

16 Jun 2020
Episode two: Joanne Kane

Jonathan and Ollie speak to Joanne Kane, barrister at Carmelite Chambers and vice chair of the Young Barristers Committee.

02 Apr 2020
Criminal Legal Aid Review package – summary of Law Society response

We have outlined our concerns on the MoJ's proposed changes to the criminal legal aid fee schemes, as part of the Criminal Legal Aid Review.

10 Mar 2020