LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
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LAPG will present well taken objections to the reform package, based on the impact of the reforms on the interests of clients, sound economic argument and the public interest. To ensure that our arguments have maximum impact, it is vital that we represent as large a proportion of the legal aid profession as possible.
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
1M ago
Nominations for 2024 awards close: 22 April; winners announced: 5 July.
LAPG is proud to launch the 2024 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards, the only annual event solely dedicated to celebrating the work of grassroots social justice lawyers.
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of these non-profit-making awards, which continue to go from strength to strength despite the unrelenting challenges facing lawyers doing this life-changing work. This year sees the addition of new award categories, new sponsors, and a distinctive new logo for this well-supported event.
Nominations clos ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
1M ago
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:
The need to increase legal aid fees, at the very least in line with inflation since they were last set in 1996 – this is the most significant issue and one that the MoJ must address urgently
A recommendation that once fees have been increased, they must be revie ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
6M ago
We are excited to invite applications for the 2024 LAPG Management & Leadership Programme.
This bespoke programme is aimed at managers and future managers in the non-profit specialist advice sector.
Check out the details here.
The post Applications for the 2024 LAPG MLP are now open appeared first on LAPG ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
9M ago
Family of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing online material ‘romanticising self-harm’, their lawyers and those providing IT and media support, received LALY judges’ top accolade. Deighton Pierce Glynn named Legal Aid Firm of the Year for its ‘life-saving work’ for former MoD interpreters in Afghanistan at risk from Taliban reprisals.
The four-strong legal team who represented the family of Molly Russell at the ground-breaking inquest into the teenager’s suicide were announced as winners of the Outstanding Achievement award at the 2023 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year c ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
9M ago
LAPG is extremely saddened by the news that Mackintosh Law is winding down its services. The specialist mental capacity and community care law firm has been a member of LAPG since it was established and has a national reputation for cutting edge caselaw for vulnerable and disabled people. The firm has also been at the forefront of policy and campaigning initiatives to improve and expand the legal aid scheme. The loss of this pioneering firm will be felt deeply across the sector and is yet another clarion call for immediate and significant government action to address the ailing legal aid secto ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
10M ago
Following a long engagement and consultation process, the Government has now published its response to the Legal Aid Means Test Review. This sets out the changes it intends to make to the process of determining who is financially eligible to receive civil and criminal legal aid services in England and Wales.
The Government has put forward a detailed set of proposals to improve the legal aid means test and thereby increase the proportion of the population eligible for legal aid. We are now analysing these proposals and will be working with our partner organisations to ensure that they are imple ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
1y ago
Legal Aid Practitioners Group announces winners of 2022 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards at first in-person ceremony since 2019. ‘Revered’ housing barrister; solicitor acting in Colston 4 case; and lawyer specialising in ‘Kafkaesque’ Special Immigration Appeals Commission work honoured by LALY judges. Campaign group Young Legal Aid Lawyers and Marcia Willis Stewart QC (Hon) named as Winner of Winners to mark 20th anniversary of the awards.
LALY22 award winners
Photo: Frederique Bellec Photography
Last night (12 July) saw the biggest ever gathering of the social justice community at ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
2y ago
The lawyer acting for an autistic teenager denied a potentially life-saving kidney transplant; one of the defence solicitors in the Colston Four case; and the first UK university advice clinic to secure a legal aid contract, are among the 29 individuals and six organisations selected as LALY22 finalists. New for LALY22: Legal Aid Support Staffer Award
For the first time in its 20-year history, the LALYs includes an award to celebrate the work of legal aid support staff, who play an essential role in keeping social justice organisations operating.
Congratulating all the finalists, CEO Chris Min ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
2y ago
LAPG publishes the Legal Aid Census – the first piece of research of its kind to look at the social justice sector as a whole. Unique research tells the story of legal aid lawyers across England and Wales – from entry to the profession, throughout their careers, and beyond. As legal aid deserts spread throughout the country this first comprehensive picture of the sector also charts the health and sustainability of the organisations providing legal advice on the frontline.
The Census was devised by independent legal academics from Glasgow School of Law and Cardiff University and launched in Apr ..read more
LAPG | Legal Aid Practitioners Group
2y ago
LAPG opens nominations for its 20th ‘legal aid Oscars’!
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards mark 20th anniversary, with return to an in-person ceremony, after 2 years’ of virtual events.
Nominations close: 25 April 2022; new award category for LALY22: legal aid support staffer.
Legal Aid Practitioners Group is proud to launch the 2022 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards, with a return to in-person celebrations, and a new award to honour the support staff who worked tirelessly during lockdown to keep social justice organisations running.
This year sees the 20th anniversary of these ..read more