Unlocking the English Legal System

Unlocking the English Legal System

Author: Rebecca Huxley-Binns

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-12

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 131539264X

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Unlocking the English Legal System will help you grasp the main concepts of the legal system in England and Wales with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising. This edition considers recent case law and legislation as well as the outcome of the UK’s referendum on membership of the EU; the decision of Willers v Joyce and its impact on the role of the Privy Council in the system of precedent; the new Combined Family Court; the Legal Education and Training review and changes to the profession; and funding cuts to legal services and legal aid. The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter opens with a list of aims and objectives, and contains diagrams to aid learning. Cases and judgments are prominently displayed, as are primary source quotations. Summaries help check your understanding of each chapter, and there is a glossary of legal terminology. New features include problem-based questions with guidance on answering, as well as essay questions and answer plans, plus cases and materials exercises. All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units.


The procurement of legal aid in England and Wales by the Legal Services Commission

The procurement of legal aid in England and Wales by the Legal Services Commission

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2010-02-02

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780215543660

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The Legal Services Commission spends GBP 2.1 billion a year on buying civil and criminal legal aid, mainly from solicitors and barristers, and a further GBP 125 million on administration. This title reports confusion and uncertainty about the respective roles of the Commission and the Ministry of Justice.


Delivering Family Justice in Late Modern Society in the wake of Legal Aid Reform

Delivering Family Justice in Late Modern Society in the wake of Legal Aid Reform

Author: Mavis Maclean

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 131544626X

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Legal aid for family cases in private law, mainly divorce and separation, where the state is not directly involved as it is in public law cases where there are issues of domestic violence or neglect or abuse of children, came to an abrupt end together with help for welfare and immigration cases on April 1 2013 when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into effect. This book presents an account of the wide ranging problems which the researchers and practitioners expected to ensue. Sadly, their fears have been realised in many areas of legal help and advice. The National Audit Office was to take the view in 2014 that although the Ministry of Justice had succeeded in making considerable savings in the cause of austerity that they had failed to investigate or understand the impact of these cuts on the individuals concerned and society as a whole. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law.


Legal Australia-wide Survey

Legal Australia-wide Survey

Author: Christine Coumarelos

Publisher: Law and Justice Foundation

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0909136963

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"The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines the nature of legal problems, the pathways to their resolution, and the demographic groups that struggle with the weight of their legal problems." -- Law and Justice Foundation of N.S.W. website.