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 Post subject: Lawyers protest at legal aid cuts
PostPosted: 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
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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


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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
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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
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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
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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
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Legal aid row leads to halting of serious fraud trial BBC
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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