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Early legal advice

We’re campaigning for legal aid to be reintroduced for early legal advice on family and housing law.

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Legal aid means test review: understand the changes

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Westminster update: emergency legislation planned after supreme court ruling on Rwanda…

Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall.

23 Nov 2023

Ban on 'no-fault' evictions may be in vain if government fails to invest in legal aid

While we welcome efforts to ban 'no-fault' divorce and reform the rental market, it is critical to invest in legal aid so that renters can enforce new rights proposed by the Renters Reform Bill.

23 Oct 2023

Tender for civil legal aid contracts 2024

Civil legal aid providers have until 17 October 2023 to bid for contracts that will start in September 2024.

09 Oct 2023

Legal aid restrictions for clients with multiple problems – we intervene

Homeless clients with separate care needs should be able to get legal help for their care needs if they have multiple, distinct legal problems, the High Court has ruled, after we intervened in a judicial review case.

03 Oct 2023

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