Legal advice centres could be piloted in Manchester and Middlesborough, a justice minister has revealed. In a Lords debate, Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, declared that preparation work had already begun but he did rule out a return of 'pre-LASPO' legal aid. It was in 2019 that...

If timely access to justice for victims, witnesses and defendants is to be ensured, there can be no more hold-ups in criminal legal aid investment, warns the Law Society of England and Wales. Sir Christopher Bellamy, chair of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid,...