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Author:  Madeline [ 08 Jan 14, 0:09 ]
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Courts close across England and Wales as lawyers protest at legal aid cuts
Barristers and solicitors stage half-day walkout to press justice secretary Chris Grayling to rethink £220m budget cuts
www.theguardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 07 Mar 14, 9:52 ]
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Maxine Peake: TV barrister backs strike action by lawyers over £215M cut in legal aid Peake, who plays QC Martha Costello in BBC1’s Silk, said the vulnerable would be left without legal protection


By Dean Rousewell Mirror

Author:  Madeline [ 07 Mar 14, 10:50 ]
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Lawyers to walk out for second time in protest against legal aid cuts
Trials face disruption across England and Wales on Friday as barristers and solicitors fight cuts they say will damage justice


Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent www.theguardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 07 Mar 14, 19:53 ]
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ANTONY RANDLE www.independent.co.uk
Not all lawyers are coining it, and it’s right to stand up to Chris Grayling’s misguided ‘reforms’
Legal aid needed reining in, but not to this extent

Author:  Madeline [ 30 Mar 14, 17:27 ]
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Legal aid cuts leave family courts in chaos, experts say
Lawyers tell of victims facing abusers without representation and children stuck in legal limbo while parents dispute custody


Jamie Doward ]guardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 01 May 14, 20:49 ]
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David Cameron's legal aid cuts thrown into chaos after the Prime Minister's own BROTHER wins a court case against them
Alex Cameron argued lawyers were not willing to work on slashed rates
Said defendants who couldn't afford a lawyer were unable to get a fair trial
Judge backs the PM's brother - leaving the government's reforms in limbo

By TOM MCTAGUE Mail

Author:  Madeline [ 01 May 14, 23:12 ]
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Legal aid row leads to halting of serious fraud trial BBC

Author:  Madeline [ 01 May 14, 23:30 ]
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Barristers' legal aid rebellion 'risks collapse' of top fraud cases
Judge warns lack of legal advocates will jeopardise fair trial system, including complex cases such as Libor-fixing scandal

Owen Bowcott guardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 02 May 14, 15:10 ]
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The legal aid cuts have descended into farce, chaos and confusion
The target of the 30% cut to fees were fat cat lawyers, but the reality is a broken judicial system and miscarriages of justice


Hugh Mui guardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 02 May 14, 23:36 ]
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The legal aid cuts have descended into farce, chaos and confusion
The target of the 30% cut to fees were fat cat lawyers, but the reality is a broken judicial system and miscarriages of justice

Hugh Muir guardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 11 May 14, 19:54 ]
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City fraud cases on brink of collapse in growing row over legal aid cuts
Appeal court ruling could derail high-profile prosecutions designed to clean up London's financial markets

Nick Cohen guardian.com

Author:  Madeline [ 21 May 14, 18:52 ]
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A decision to halt a multimillion-pound fraud trial because of a lack of legal aid barristers has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. BBC

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