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London Legal Walk – 17 June 2019
Once again, Harmans fielded a team of walkers for the annual tradition that is the London Legal Walk. Partners Gary Knight, Steve Jones, Mathew Knight and James Scott were joined by Marketing Manager Vikki Knight and two keen guest walkers, Faye Kitchener and Rachel McGregor.…
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London Legal Walk – 22 May 2017
Once again Harmans fielded a team of walkers for what proved to be a beautiful evening’s walk around the centre of London. There was a record breaking turnout of more than 12,000 walkers from 700 teams. Organised by the London Legal Support Trust, the charity…
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Supreme Court allows appeal over introduction of civil legal aid residence test
R (on the application of The Public Law Project) (Appellant) v Lord Chancellor (Respondent) Case ID: UKSC 2015/0255 The plan by the Ministry of Justice to introduce its controversial civil legal aid residence test through secondary legislation – the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment…
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Demand for free help almost doubles since cuts to legal aid
Charities feel the strain as lawyers warn pro bono work alone cannot fill the funding gap. http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/sep/13/demand-for-free-help-almost-doubles-since-cuts-to-legal-aid
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“Fat cat” myth undermines all the good work done slams Gary Knight
I am disappointed to notice politicians and sections of the media back on the Solicitor bashing bandwagon all in the name of reducing costs. It has been a few years since this level of critique but the same old, tired headlines are being trotted out…
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Gove: Lawyers must do more unpaid work!
Michael Gove has called on lawyers to devote more of their time to pro bono work, suggesting this would help to fill the gap in government cutbacks in legal aid. In his first speech since being appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice,…
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Legal Aid Agency chief’s pay rise draws criticism
The Guardian reports that Matthew Coats, the chief executive of the Legal Aid Agency, received a pay rise of more than 10% this year. Based on figures from the LAA’s annual report, the newspaper states that Mr Coats’ combined salary, bonus and pension benefits rose…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2015
Costs Brief has a new look this month, we hope you approve! There are plenty of articles to browse through as usual with a particular focus on Legal Aid – the latest on the cuts, changes to payment for judicial review cases and news of a new…
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Law Society: Public bodies should pay costs plus a surcharge if decisions are overturned
Public authorities including councils should pay the costs of claimants to the legal aid fund together with a surcharge where their administrative decisions are overturned by courts and tribunals, the Law Society has proposed. The proposal is part of a wider paper Chancery Lane has…
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Lord Chief Justice’s Report 2014
Cases taking longer with rise in unrepresented litigants Cases which might never have been brought or would have been compromised at an early stage are often fully-contested as a result of the increase in unrepresented litigants, the Lord Chief Justice has said. In his annual…
