Evidence Archives

21 03, 2025

LAPG’s response to the civil legal aid fees consultation

Chris Minnoch2025-03-21T14:20:03+00:00March 21st, 2025|

We have published our response to the MOJ's civil legal aid fees consultation: Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future The MOJ consultation is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/civil-legal-aid-towards-a-sustainable-future/civil-legal-aid-towards-a-sustainable-future We welcome the proposals to increase Immigration & Asylum and Housing & Debt fees and would like to see these changes implemented as soon as possible. As [...]

21 02, 2024

LAPG submits its response to the MOJ RoCLA Call for Evidence

Chris Minnoch2024-02-26T11:54:42+00:00February 21st, 2024|

On 21 February 2024 we submitted our response to the Ministry of Justice's Review of Civil Legal Aid Call for Evidence. Our response provides a detailed explanation of the myriad issues undermining the ability of legal aid practitioners to meet the needs of clients. In particular, we focused on the following key, overarching issues: [...]

10 10, 2019

Is there a ‘culture of refusal’ within the LAA? We need your views

Chris Minnoch2019-11-01T06:58:13+00:00October 10th, 2019|

In recent weeks we have been working with a group of experienced legal aid lawyers to try to get a better understanding of what appears to be a growing and pressing problem: the apparent ‘culture of refusal’ within the LAA. We have agreed that to gauge the extent of this issue we need a [...]

30 11, 2017

Research casts doubt on efficacy of telephone advice for social welfare law clients

Chris Minnoch2017-11-30T15:34:01+00:00November 30th, 2017|

Dr Marie Burton, within her PhD thesis: Calling for Justice: Comparing telephone and face-to-face advice in social welfare Law (LSE, 2016), has found that: There are significant consequences of replacing face-to-face advice with telephone advice in social welfare law. These consequences can seriously disadvantage many social welfare clients, particularly those who are more vulnerable and [...]