Legal aid research Archives

LAPG research on the ‘hidden costs’ of delivering legal aid

Chris Minnoch2025-10-01T10:54:45+01:00September 29th, 2025|

Senior staff working through the weekend. Employees working well beyond their contracted hours. Weeks spent preparing for audits. LAPG research suggests practitioners are spending around a quarter of their time on unpaid work propping up the legal aid system. Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) has today published the findings of a study on ‘non-chargeable [...]

LAPG launches 2021 Legal Aid Census ‘to show true state of social justice sector’

Chris Minnoch2021-04-12T11:56:09+01:00April 12th, 2021|

Lawyers across England and Wales are urged to 'stand up and be counted', by taking part in a unique drive to gather data from the legal aid front line. LAPG survey has been devised in conjunction with leading legal academics from Newcastle University Law School, Cardiff University and University College London who will be analysing [...]