I was delighted last week to receive an email from Professor John Fitzpatrick of Kent Law School informing us that he has been shortlisted for the Law Works & Attorney General Pro Bono Awards 2014. Our association wit ...
Read MoreThe Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust are pleased to announce the 2nd annual Criminal Justice Lecture which has been titled "Voice Of Transformation". The keynote speaker for the lecture is Michael Mansfield QC, founder ...
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that on 19 February 2013, both Shivani Jegarajah and Amanda Walker were entered onto the Cilix Pro Bono Trust Roll of Honour; for their tireless work in the battle against the deportation o ...
Read MoreShivani Jegarajah has been awarded a place on the Pro Bono Roll of Honour by the Cilex Pro Bono Trust To read the entry in the Roll of Honour please click here. ...
Read MoreThe Law Society has commissioned an independent financial report that questions legal aid figures used by the government when calculating the potential savings they will make over the coming years. The report claims that ...
Read MoreNew laws that would see domestic violence classified in its own right could soon become law in the UK. Included in the new class of crimes would be the crime of emotional blackmail, and such crimes would carry a maximum ...
Read MoreFor the first time in their history, criminal lawyers have gone on strike as courts sat empty on the morning of 6th January. The legal profession has taken aim at proposed cuts to legal aid funding, which they argue woul ...
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