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Catherine Baksi is a freelance legal affairs journalist.
Four years since it was originally piloted, the Legal Aid Agency’s multi-million pound Client and Cost Management System remains seriously...
Parliament passed an amendment to the Immigration Act 2016 requiring the government to make arrangements ‘as soon as possible’ for the...
On a warm July evening, lawyers and the wider profession came together to celebrate those whose work has ensured access to justice for people who...
After nearly three-and-a-half years and with what its chairman, cross-bench peer Lord Colin Low, describes as an ‘unfinished agenda’, the...
When Michael Gove was appointed justice secretary following the Tories’ shock election victory, legal aid lawyers did not hold out much hope;...
Cuts to legal aid and advice services are leading to a widening justice gap and the champions of pro bono are realistic about the limits of what they...
Michael Gove has declared himself a fan of ‘problem-solving courts’, but what about problem-solving lawyers? Catherine Baksi talks to a...
What will the criminal defence landscape look like when (and if) the dust from the duty contract bid round finally settles? Catherine Baksi looks...
Since April 2013, there have been three government consultations, several policy u-turns, unprecedented strike action by both the bar and solicitors,...
Are legal aid lawyers really set to be replaced by digital services as some IT evangelists suggest? Catherine Baksi investigates how the profession is...