Tag Archives: Legal Aid
Industrial Disease and Clinical Negligence claims: Commons and Lords fight it out in LASPO Ping Pong
By Katie Honeyfield, Trainee Solicitor, Clinical Negligence Department The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (LASPO) has finally been approved by both Houses of Parliament after a key compromise was reached allowing mesothelioma sufferers to keep all of … Continue reading
Legal aid changes will save less than predicted says report
By Hannah Perry, Associate, Advoca department, a Specialist Child and Domestic Abuse Law division of Lyons Davidson A report commissioned by the Law Society of England & Wales entitled Unintended Consequences: The Cost of the Government’s Legal Aid Reforms has … Continue reading
MASS Annual Conference 2011: An Overview
By Victoria Leaker, Solicitor, Insurance Litigation: Defendant Department It is certainly all change in the world of Road Traffic Personal Injury Law, a subject that dominated the main discussions at this year’s Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) Annual Conference on 11 … Continue reading
Changes to legal aid will cut deep into family law provision
By Iona Phillips, Principal Associate and Group Leader of Advoca, a Specialist Child and Domestic Abuse Law division of Lyons Davidson Part of the government’s well-publicised plan to make massive spending cuts is a proposed saving of £350m from the … Continue reading
