A leading asylum advice charity has gone into administration following a legal aid cash-flow crisis.
The Ministry of Justice has blamed the charity for causing its own demise by refusing to adapt to modern funding models.
A leading asylum advice charity has gone into administration following a legal aid cash-flow crisis.
The Ministry of Justice has blamed the charity for causing its own demise by refusing to adapt to modern funding models.
The government has defended its predecessor’s “unlawful” attempt to save £20m by limiting recoverable defence costs to legal aid levels.
The new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed it is considering an appeal against today’s High Court ruling that blocks the former Lord Chancellor Jack Straw’s central funding scheme.
Animal rights activists have clawed back a minor victory against five Japanese science firms after the judge ruled unnamed protestors could not be slapped with final injunctions without prior court consent.
Planning permission to open a fast-food outlet near a secondary school running a ‘healthy eating’ drive has been revoked by the High Court.
London firm Leigh Day & Co successfully argued that the proximity of the school should have been taken into account by councillors when voting on takeaway firm Fried & Fabulous’ application.