Legal Aid in UK Law
- Costs: Claimant Penalised For Change From Legal Aid Funding to CFA
- Legal Aid for EU Residents
- Local Authorities And Legal Aid
- 'It's Legal Aid, Jim, But Not As We Know It.'
- Criminal Assistance: Applying EU Public Procurement Rules To English Criminal Legal Aid
- New Brexit Legal Guide Available: State Aid
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Unlimited fines may now be imposed by UK Magistrates’ Court Data Protection offences
Since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 came into force 12 March 2015, the Magistrates’ Court has had the ability to impo......Since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 came into force 12 March 2015, the Magistrates’ ......
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Litigation Funding: A Possible Return of the Damages-Based Agreement
In July 2018, the U.K. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published its initial assessment of the post-implementation review (PIR) of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012....... In July 2018, the U.K. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published its initial assessment of the post-implementation review (PIR) of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which is currently being undertaken. The PIR aims to examine whether the legislation ......
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Contingency Fees in England After April 2013
Beginning in April 2013, lawyers in England will be permitted to recover fees from the damages awarded to their clients. This type of contingency fee agreement was formerly prohibited in the UK, bu......... agreement was formerly prohibited in the UK, but a comprehensive review of civil litigation costs in 2009 prompted the recent passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which will permit damages-based fee agreements when the first part of the Act comes into force, ......
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UK Public Procurement Law Digest: “Caveat Venditor” – e-tendering Systems and the Problem of Genuine Mistakes
Procurements run electronically seem to produce proportionately more claims of unfairness than the off-line variety. The cases that we summarise in this issue of our UK Public Procurement Law Diges...
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