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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.
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
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