Here is an edited extract from a speech I gave on 11 July in response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper Transforming Legal Aid, ie reducing provision. Note – I regulate the Bar, I do not represent them, and I base what I say on the statutory regulatory objectives for the legal profession. “Our…
(With thanks to and acknowledgment of Tim Kevan, author of the wonderful BabyBarista blog at the Guardian, and to Alex Williams, qc of legal cartoonists.) I wrote on 12 December about the devastating effects that cuts in legal aid will have on litigants and the courts, especially people with family problems. Lawyers attract little sympathy, but…
