Legal Aid System in UK Law
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Effective Participation of Mentally Vulnerable Defendants in the Magistrates’ Courts in England and Wales—The ‘Front Line’ from a Legal Perspective
Mentally vulnerable defendants who struggle to effectively participate in their trial in the magistrates’ courts are not receiving the same protection as those who stand trial in the Crown Court. T...... ... On closer examination of the law, the legal aid system and perspectives oflegal professionals on the ‘front line’, it is clear that improvements in policy are of greaterimportance than legal reform ... ...
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Legal Aid in the Eye of a Storm: Rationing, Contracting, and a New Institutionalism
This article discusses possible rationales underlying a legal aid system through an articulation of theories of distribution in the legal services market, considers the idea of prioritization and p...... ... This article discusses possible rationales underlying a legal aid system through an articulation of theories of distribution in the legal services market, considers the idea of prioritization and planning or, in the ... ...
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International Cooperation between Investigation Authorities and Public Prosecutors
This paper discusses international regulations in criminal law. Several definitions of ‘limited legal aid’ are considered. The system of the various criminal treaties, together with their additiona...... ... He is also co-author of a software packet (expert system) on the investigation of social security fraud. Mr Koers also teaches ... Several definitions of 'limited legal aid' are considered. The system of the various criminal treaties, together ... ...
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The Contingency Legal Aid Fund: A Third Way to Finance Personal Injury Litigation
Northern Ireland missed out on all the major reforms to civil justice which took place in England and Wales during the 1980s and 1990s. However the reform movement is now gathering pace and a Legal...... ... fee agreements (CFAs) but widespread hostility expressed by many interested parties led to the consideration of an alternative funding system, the Contingency Legal Aid Fund (CLAF). The relative merits of CFAs and CLAF are considered in the following pages. INTRODUCTION Legal aid in ... ...
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Recognising Acute Intoxication as Diminished Responsibility? A Comparative Analysis
This article provides an analysis of the extent to which acute intoxication may or may not satisfy the ‘recognised medical condition’ requirement under s. 2 of the Homicide Act 1957, as amended by ...... ... reduce a murder conviction to one of voluntary manslaughter via the legal conduit of provocation. Following the demise of the provocation defence, ... of Offenders Bill 2010–11 which proposes a ‘two-strike’ system for a variety of offences including voluntary manslaughter. It is ... ...
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Trials in absentia and the cuts to criminal legal aid
The swingeing cuts to criminal legal aid may do irreparable damage to the defence side of the equality of arms. Coupled with this, the case of R v Jones gives the judge discretion to try in the def...... ... Without an adequate defence,squalid injustice will permeate and reverberate throughout the criminal justice system. Defen-dants cannot be corralled into court without the assistance of an advocate. The impact of thecuts falls on the litigant-in-person, thereby ... ...
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The State of Australian Legal Aid
... ... THE STATE OF AUSTRALIAN LEGAL AID Mary Anne Noone * INTRODUCTION Recent comment on the Australian legal aid system ha s focussed on the declining levels of funding and the consequent impact of this reduc ed funding. Little attention has been given to the range of ... ...
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Toughness and the Cost of Legal Aid
... ... OPINION Toughness and the Cost of Legal Aid David Kirk The criminal justice system, and in particular the many and various failings of the system, have been under the spotlight ever since the Prime Minister spoke of being ‘tough ... ...
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The law Courts Are for All, Not for Elysium
... ... ’.2 What Mr Cameron neglected to note, however, is that because the legal aid system has been beggared, 70 per cent of citizens are now below the ... ...
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Book Review: The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective
... ... has depended upon the development of a ‘support structure for legal mobil-ization, consisting of rights-advocacy organizations, ... this to a culture of non-adversarial criminal defense, as well as a system in whichlegal aid restrictions and procedural hurdles have made appellate ... ...
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