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Meaningful access

10 November 2017
Issue: 7769 / Categories: Legal News , Legal aid focus , Profession
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Access to justice is back on the agenda, with the Supreme Court’s decision in July on employment tribunal fees and the government’s decision to review LASPO (the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012).

Writing in NLJ this week, David Greene, senior partner at Edwin Coe, says priorities for the review should include redress of the impact of LASPO on the poor and vulnerable, legal aid provision where children are involved, meaningful access in family cases, and reform of means testing and exceptional cases funding.

Issue: 7769 / Categories: Legal News , Legal aid focus , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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