PCT will demolish access to justice and add to the mountain of unemployed

by Nehal Vasani is a solicitor at west London firm Stringfellow & Co

Chris Grayling’s plans for price-competitive tendering will devalue the rule of law.

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Sevenoaks Divorce Lawyers

LSB throws gates open to bar public access

The Legal Services Board today approved rule changes that will allow barristers to deal directly with clients in areas eligible for legal aid and for barristers of under three years’ call to be directly accessible to clients.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) said it is strengthening the training that all public access barristers are required to undertake.

The Bar Council welcomed the changes, which will allow barristers to take instructions from clients who may be eligible for public funding but have decided not to take up this option.

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News | Law Gazette



Family Law Solicitors Sevenoaks

Co-op prepares to access ‘every court in the land’ with new bar panel

Co-operative Legal Services (CLS), the largest company to be granted an ABS licence, has created a roster of barristers chabers that it will use for family work after launching a fixed-fee service last month (20 September 2012).
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Conveyancing Solicitors in Sevenoaks

Litigants in person could struggle to secure access to justice

The prospect of a huge increase in litigants fighting their cases themselves in the face of legal aid cutbacks has prompted dire warnings from judges, magistrates, practitioners and support groups about the impact this will have on access to justice. They also fear that HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s plans to cut counter services will create chaos, particularly in the family courts, with litigants in person (LiPs) left struggling for information.

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Features | Law Gazette



Sevenoaks Solicitors

Litigants in person could struggle to secure access to justice

The prospect of a huge increase in litigants fighting their cases themselves in the face of legal aid cutbacks has prompted dire warnings from judges, magistrates, practitioners and support groups about the impact this will have on access to justice. They also fear that HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s plans to cut counter services will create chaos, particularly in the family courts, with litigants in person (LiPs) left struggling for information.

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Features | Law Gazette



Divorce Solicitors in Sevenoaks

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