The draft Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 have been published; they amend the merits tests for civil legal aid to remove funding from borderline cases. They are due to come into force on 27th January 2014; practitioners dealing with cases that might be classed as borderline would be wise to get applications in before then.
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Legal aid in the news- Opening Statement to CEDAW Committee - GOV.UK February 27, 2019
- Serial rapist suing prison service over claims they didn't rehabilitate him - Daily Record March 17, 2019
- LINCS FREE PRESS LETTERS: March 5, 2019 - Spalding Today March 9, 2019
- Speedboat killer STILL claiming legal aid courtesy of UK taxpayer - Daily Mail January 24, 2019
- Justice Secretary claims Britain was right to give legal aid to speedboat killer Jack Shepherd - The Sun February 2, 2019
- Jailed Al-Qaeda chief receives £800k in legal aid to appeal his conviction - The Sun February 10, 2019
- Director of one of Britain's biggest legal aid law firms is ordered to repay £22 MILLION - Daily Mail January 5, 2019
- How DID they let legal aid lawyer con us all out of £22million? - Daily Mail January 11, 2019
- GPs could see legal aid 'embedded' in practices under new Government scheme - Pulse February 13, 2019
- Even fugitives deserve legal aid - The Times January 7, 2019
Where are teh vires for this in s 11?
David Burrows