Press releases
Here you can access LAG's recent press releases. Earlier releases are available from the archive on the right-hand side of this page.
2009
Criminal fee cuts announced (word: 28.5Kb) 16 December 2009
'Good that the government has recognised the importance of social welfare, but equality before the law comes at a price,' says LAG 20 August 2009
See also: 'Legal aid reforms could see barristers' fees cut', the Guardian, 20 August 2009 and 'Barristers' fees slashed in government squeeze on legal aid bill', the Times, 21 August 2009.
2008
Advice survey launched today 1 February 2008
2007
Justice - access denied campaign activities planned from 14 May 3 May 2007
LAG challenges the right to speak for legal aid users 2 April 2007
Access to Justice Alliance urges support for parliamentary lobby on Monday 19 March 15 March 2007
Access to Justice Alliance JUSTICE - ACCESS DENIED campaign launched 1 March 2007
Letters/articles
The price of real legal aid
LAG's director Steve Hynes writes in the Guardian that legal aid is currently patchy and underfunded – to create a fair and comprehensive system, we must be prepared to pay: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/01/legal-aid.
Criminal defence call centres
Read Criminal defence call centres may work, but are they justice? in the Law Society Gazette, 5 February 2009, by LAG's communications and campaigns director, Jon Robins.
Legal aid at a crossroads
Read Let's not be too misty eyed about legal aid, but it is at a crossroads in the Times, 21 January 2009, by LAG's communications and campaigns director, Jon Robins.
Law on the front line at risk
Read Law on the front line at risk in the Times, 29 April 2008, by LAG's communications and campaigns director, Jon Robins.
'All over the country, citizens advice bureaux and Law Centres® are in financial meltdown. Can anything be done? ...'
Letter on Comprehensive Spending Review and legal aid
Read a letter by LAG's director, Steve Hynes, published in the Guardian on 12 October 2007.
'A detail of the CSR as yet to receive much publicity is a cut of nearly £200m in legal aid ...'
Anti-social behaviour orders
Read Michael MacNeil's letter on the use of anti-social behaviour orders, published in The Times on 4 November 2006 - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2436386.html.
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