Key decisions on the future of criminal legal aid must be taken before expecting firms to bid for new 10-year contracts.

Key decisions on the future of criminal legal aid must be taken before expecting firms to bid for new 10-year contracts with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA).

We strongly urge the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to re-think the proposals set out in the financial penalties’ framework consultation.

We have serious concerns about the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) proposals to further develop its financial penalties framework.

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We're calling on the government to address the problems in our crumbling criminal justice system by adopting our policy recommendations. Due to many years of underinvestment our criminal justice ...

Our civil legal aid research outlines the steps the UK government can take to increase access to legal advice and reduce costs to public services.

I’ve made several attempts to contact one of my matrimonial clients, but I’m without instructions and there’s no further work I can do. How can I apply to come off the court record? Part 26 of the ...

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Transparency is important; it helps to ensure accountability, highlight where progress has been made, and encourage efforts to continue. Pay gap reporting is one transparency measure. It is a tool ...

Pearl Moses considers a real case where a solicitor found themselves in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for sexually motivated harassment of a junior colleague.

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