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DRACONIAN curbs on access to legal aid have had a “crippling effect” on the British justice system, the chairman of the Bar Council warned yesterday.
Alistair MacDonald QC, who heads the barristers representation organisation, said the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act had left civil courts struggling.
His comments, made in legal magazine Counsel, coincided with concerns raised by the most senior family court judge in England and Wales earlier this week.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan
PCS members face dangerous working conditions in crumbling buildings while the Common Platform IT system obstructs rather than streamlines operations — and Labour’s promised wave of insourcing has not materialised, writes SHARON McLEAN
