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16 03, 2018

(Another) busy day for LAPG

2018-03-16T06:06:10+00:00March 16th, 2018|

LAPG Director Carol Storer explains what LAPG staff and Committee members (who support us in their 'spare time') do on a typical day to fight for a more accessible and sustainable legal aid system. Direct engagement with the MOJ over the LASPO review and LAA over operational issues, appearing before parliamentary committees, organising the LALY awards, delivering training, supporting [...]

8 11, 2017

APPG on Legal Aid engages MPs and their caseworkers on how to help their constituents

2017-11-08T11:46:14+00:00November 8th, 2017|

The APPG on Legal Aid collaborated with organisations from across the advice sector to engage with MPs and their caseworkers at an event in Portcullis House on 1 November 2018.  The event was organised to introduce MPs and their caseworkers to organisations that provide training, resources and referral sources to help MPs and caseworkers provide [...]

20 02, 2017

Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 2017 – nominations now open!

2017-02-20T10:17:51+00:00February 20th, 2017|

  Nominations for the 15th Legal Aid Practitioners Group Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards are now open.   Following success last year, sponsorship for popular Legal Aid Newcomer award to be raised through crowdfunding again.   Nomination period ends 28 April; Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE to present awards at ceremony on 5 July [...]

13 08, 2015

LAPG Annual Dinner

2015-08-13T08:57:45+01:00August 13th, 2015|

Birmingham on Thursday 8th October 2015 - 19:00 to 23:00 LAPG’s annual dinner is once again sponsored by Accesspoint and will be held at Le Truc in Birmingham. The meal is open to everyone – whether a speaker, delegate or a legal aid practitioner too busy to come to the conference the next day. Booking [...]

13 08, 2015

LAPG Annual Conference

2015-08-13T08:50:37+01:00August 13th, 2015|

Birmingham on Friday 9th October 2015 - 09:00 - 18:00 Legal Aid: The Future These are worrying times for everyone carrying out legal aid work. That sentence could have been used for any conference in the last twenty years. And may well have been. To carry out legal aid work now you have to absolutely [...]

18 03, 2015

New Legal Aid Manifesto prioritises vulnerable groups in society – children, disabled people and victims of domestic violence

2015-03-18T19:16:43+00:00March 18th, 2015|

The Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) has today launched the Manifesto for Legal Aid, which calls for immediate changes to be made to the legal aid system to improve access to justice for vulnerable groups. The Manifesto highlights those areas where changes to legal aid – particularly those brought in under the Legal Aid, Sentencing [...]

1 03, 2014

SOLICITOR WHO FOUGHT CARE HOME CLOSURES IS MADE HONORARY QC

2014-03-01T16:23:30+00:00March 1st, 2014|

LAPG co-chair Nicola Mackintosh recognised for trailblazing work on behalf of vulnerable clients Nicola Mackintosh, a leading community care lawyer and sole practitioner in south London has been appointed Honorary Queen’s Counsel, a rare honour which recognises lawyers making a major contribution to the development of the law. Nicola has been a legal aid lawyer [...]