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2010-07-29: Family law supplier base ‘decimated’ by LSC tender
(Catherine Baksi, Law Society Gazette)
2010-07-29: Legal fund devastated by money set aside by banks
(RICHARD NEWMAN, The Record, North Jersey.com)
2010-07-29: KUALA LUMPUR Government To Provide RM5 Million For Legal Aid Foundation
(Ismail Sabri. Bernama Malayasian National News Agency)
2010-07-28: Web analysis finds legal enquiries up 25% in three months
(The Journal Online)
2010-07-28: 'Carnage' as Family Solicitors Lose Legal Aid Contracts
(Legal Action Group)
2010-07-28: Legal Services Board reports on ‘changing mindsets’ in the UK legal profession
(New Legal Review)
2010-07-28: Have your say on Isle of Man legal aid system
(Isle of Man Today )
2010-07-28: The end of 'have-a-go' litigation?
(Neil Rose, The Guardian)
2010-07-27: LSC axes almost half of family legal aid firms
(Solicitors Journal)
2010-07-27: Legal aid tenders: Society seeks urgent review
(The Law Society of England & Wales)
2010-07-27: Legal aid training scheme faces axe
(Law Careers.Net)
2010-07-27: Legal aid society, union head toward mediation after bargaining impasse
(Cindy E. Harnett, Victoria & VancouverTimes Colonist)
2010-07-27: Govt to consult on contingency fees and limiting 'loser pays' model
(Claire Ruckin, Legal Week.com)
2010-07-26: Update on Cadder v HMA
(The Law Society of Scotland)
2010-07-26: Domestic violence victims and families hit by fall-out from tendering scheme
(The Law Society of England & Wales)
2010-07-26: Cuts to Legal Aid risk its collapse
(No Shock Doctrine)
2010-07-26: Lady Butler-Sloss urges government not to cut legal aid in child welfare cases
(Family Law Week)
2010-07-26: BCGEU agrees to Legal Services Society request for mediation in labour dispute
(B.C. GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES' UNION)
2010-07-26: Government to consult on how to implement Jackson Review
(Liz Mc Mahon, Insurance Age )
2010-07-26: Pro Bono attorneys needed and supported in foreclosure defense work
(Kathy Para, Jacksonville Daily Record) |
Recent research, consultations and official publicationsCanada, Moving Forward on Legal Aid: Research on Needs and Innovative Approaches, by Melina Buckley, LL.B., Ph.D. Report for the Canadian Bar Association. England & Wales, Piecing It Together: Exploring One-Stop Shop Legal Service Delivery in Community Legal Advice Centres, by Alexy Buck, Marisol Smith, Judith Sidaway, Lesley Scanlan. Legal Services Commission. England & Wales, Community Legal Advice Centres and Networks: A Process Evaluation, by Chris Fox, Richard Moorhead, Mark Sefton & Kevin Wong. Legal Services Research Centre. England & Wales, Community Legal Advice Centres: A Survey of Clients in Reception Areas, Alexy Buck, Marisol Smith, Judith Sidaway and Nigel Balmer. Legal Services Commission. England & Wales, Using Monitoring Data: Examining Community Legal Advice Centre Delivery, Marisol Smith and Ash Patel. Legal Services Commission. England and Wales, Review of legal aid delivery and governance, The review of the delivery of legal aid by Sir Ian Magee. England and Wales, Legal services reform: baseline survey, A survey of consumers' experiences of using legal services for personal matters in England and Wales before the full implementation of the Legal Services Act 2007. England and Wales, Ministry of Justice, Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Final Report (‘the Jackson Report’), This is a major report on the rules relating to costs in England and Wales. It applies generally to costs and not specifically to legal aid costs. New Zealand, Transforming the Legal Aid System - Final Report and Recommendations, Transforming the Legal Aid System is a report by Dame Margaret Bazley on legal aid in New Zealand. Australia, New South Wales, Law and Justice Foundation, The Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales, formerly the Law Foundation, has a creditable past history of funding innovative research and provision. With a more restricted budget than previously, its director, Geoff Mulherin, summarises its current research programme in the field of legal services. England and Wales, Ministry of Justice, International Comparison of Publicly Funded Legal Services and Justice Systems, This is a comparison of spending in England and Wales with France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. USA, Documenting the Justice Gap in America Legal Services Commission, For every eligible person receiving civil legal aid another is turned down because of shortage of resources. |
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ILAG News / Website Updates****21st July 2010 - Website now functioning properly! Sorry for any inconvenience caused**** The next ILAG Conference will take place in Helsinki, Finland, from 15 to 17 June 2011. ILAG conferences are working conferences between policymakers and legal aid researchers. As a result, the participants attending the conferences have to be kept to a working level. Accordingly attendance at ILAG conferences has to be by invitation only. If you are interested in attending please email Professor Alan Paterson. Subscription to the ILAG Newsletter is open to all. If you are currently undertaking research on access to justice please let us know by emailing info@ilagnet.org. New content is being added on a regular basis. | ||