Tag: Chris Grayling
Civil Legal Aid ban for non-residents
The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has said that people who fail a residency test are to be barred from receiving legal aid for civil court…
Criminal Legal Aid cuts
The FT carries a letter from Rick Pratt, QC, and other signatories who say that they have sought to emphasise to Chris Grayling that the…
Leading Counsel’s Fees in Legal Aid Cases
Chris Grayling’s need to trim £1 billion from the legal aid budget has caused him to attack the fees being paid to silks in legal…
Costs in Occupational Disease Claims
Industrial Disease cases exiting the portal go straight to open costs and are not the subject of Fixed Recoverable Costs; either they will be in…