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30 04, 2020

Lord Chancellor responds on access to justice for people in custody during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020-05-01T12:13:14+01:00April 30th, 2020|

The Lord Chancellor has responded to a join letter from LAPG and the Association of Prison Lawyers raising concerns about practical arrangements for private legal consultations with people in custody during the current ‘lockdown’ period. During this time people in prison continue to have urgent legal matters across all areas of law that require [...]

6 04, 2020

Access to Justice for people in custody during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020-04-06T08:34:46+01:00April 6th, 2020|

LAPG and APL have written to the Lord Chancellor about practical arrangements for private legal consultations with people in custody during the current ‘lockdown’ period. During this time people in prison continue to have urgent legal matters across all areas of law that require them to have contact with their lawyers. Read the full [...]

3 04, 2020

Community Care Judicial Review and Legal Aid – The need for Delegated Functions and preventing work at risk

2020-04-06T08:09:11+01:00April 3rd, 2020|

HLPA, LCN and LAPG have written to the Ministry of Justice calling for urgent changes to the JR regulations which are impeding access to justice during these extraordinary times, putting people at risk as the Government has removed statutory duties to assess and provide care to adults and has provided local government with wide [...]

2 04, 2020

LAPG launches new COVID-19 support service for legal aid providers

2020-04-02T14:52:58+01:00April 2nd, 2020|

Service is free and open to all legal aid providers for business continuity and LAA contract compliance issues arising directly from the COVID-19 crisis LAPG has launched a dedicated email support service for legal aid providers. The service has been created with support from The Legal Education Foundation to assist with LAA contract compliance [...]