Legal aid at 60: Bridging the justice gap conference
Legal Action Group in association with the Law Society
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the legal aid system in 1949. 'Legal aid at 60: Bridging the justice gap' was a national conference to commemorate this landmark which discussed the government's plans for reshaping legal aid.
Read LAG's director Steve Hynes' conference speech (word: 54Kb)
Read the 'Report back on LAG's 'Bridging the justice gap' conference' in July 2009 Legal Action.
Expert speakers included the legal aid minister Lord Bach.
Read his keynote speech.
The Ministry of Justice released a report on legal advice at a local level at the conference.
Other key speakers included Dominic Grieve QC MP, shadow secretary of state for justice, who put his thoughts on best value tendering to the conference.
Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, also debated the planned roll-out of best value tendering.
Photographs: © Robert Aberman
Press coverage
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6523636.ece
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/tories-will-halt-roll-out-best-value-tendering-says-grieve
http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/analysis/1356943/legal-aid
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/21/ciminal-defence-bidding-system-lawyers
Sponsoring the conference
Conference sponsors - further information
Legal Services Commission
Event hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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