Articles

September 2008 Inside Housing ‘Law Centres battle for life’

An article about Law Centres by Beena Nadeem was published on 5th September in Inside Housing. It reported that Law Centres providing specialist housing advice are being wiped out at an alarming rate.

View a copy of the article here: Inside_Housing_05.09_.08_.doc

May 2008 Communities face threat of legal exclusion

Article by Steve Hynes, director of Legal Action Group in the Solicitors Journal 27th May 2008
Solicitors_Journal_-_Communities_face_threat_of_exclusion_27th_May.doc

May 2008 Shifting Sands

Time may be running out for the pioneering Law Centres movement, born 40 years ago at the high point of 1960s idealism. Jon Robins reports on the sector’s struggle for survival

Article by Jon Robins, freelance journalist and director of communications and campaigns for the Legal Action Group published on 15th May in the Law Society Gazette.

Law_Society_Gazzette_Shifting_Sands_15.05.08.doc

May 2008 Priorities for the Legal Aid system

Covers the history and current priorities for civil and criminal legal aid and a round up of how the government is reshaping the system.

Priorities_for_Legal_Aid_Steve_Hynes_05.08.doc

Steve Hynes, Director of Legal Action. Speech delivered to the College of Law on 14th May 2008.

April 2008 Law on the front line at risk

Article by Jon Robins. Published in The Times on 29th April 2008.
All over the country Citizens Advice Bureaux and Law Centres are in financial meltdown. Can anything be done ?
The_Times_29.04.08.doc

April 2008 Now, even the pro bono units can’t afford to stay open

The shake up in legal aid is having a devastating effect on Law Centres - hitting some of those most deserving of legal help by Frances Gibb, Legal Editor on the Times dated 17th April 2008.
The_Times_17.04.08.doc

March 2008 Financial crisis pushes Law Centres to the brink

Article by Robert Verkaik, Law Editor at the Independent on 19th March 2008
Copyright: The Independent
The_Independent_Financial_crisis_pushes_Law_Centres_to_the_brink_19.03.08.doc

March 2008 Law Centres struggle as debt crisis worsens

Front page story in the Law Society’s Gazette on 13th March 2008 by Anita Rice
Law_Society_Gazette_Law_Centres_struggle_13.03.08.doc

March 2008 Cases Closed

Article by Annie Kelly in the Society pages of the Guardian 12th March 2008
Guardian_Cases_Closed_12.03.08.doc

Letter from Carolyn Regan on 19th March in reply to the above article
Guardian_Society_Pages_Letter_19.03.08.doc

March 2008 Labour’s handling of legal aid

Article by Madeline Bunting in the Guardian on Monday, 10th March 2008

Letters to the Guardian in response 13th March 2008
Guardian_Letters_13.03.08.doc

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