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The Law Society has warned that additional criminal legal aid funding must not be a one-off if there is to be a viable future for this vital public service.

The convention is the first international binding treaty protecting rights of lawyers. The convention was adopted by the Council of Europe on 12 March 2025 and the UK signed in its first week. It will ...

The UK government has launched a consultation on the proposed increase to criminal legal aid fees. We urge all solicitors undertaking work in any of the the following settings to take part: police ...

In May 2025, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) confirmed it had been the target of a cyber-attack that resulted in a major data breach. The incident forced the LAA to take its digital services offline and ...

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