#LALYAwards #TeamLALY #TributetoMark❤️ Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) Fiona Bawdon The simple ❤️ next to Mark’s name was the most beautiful tribute to Mark’s support of legal aid and love of #TeamLALY - thank you so much Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 🙏🏾 - a loving and poignant tribute Last Friday (5

A new Lord Chancellor was sworn in yesterday in an historic occasion. At the ceremony the new AG said: "Governments should be judged by their deeds not by their rhetoric..." So, legal X/Twitter, this begs the question: what deeds need to be done to ensure justice and the RoL? 1/3

£41. That’s how much a couple with two children will need to be surviving on per day to qualify for full legal aid next year – which is 57% below the minimum income standard. This is a finding from a recent report that we published today. The 2023 Means Test Review promised

Great to be back in Westminster this afternoon for our inaugural meeting. We have new Co-Chairs Willy Bach and Andy Slaughter, new Vice-Chairs Paul Kohler🔶MP for Wimbledon Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP and 19 new members. Much to do, looking forward to all that we can achieve with this brilliant group

Willy Bach Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards Thank you Willy Bach for leading tributes to Simon at yesterday's parliamentary meeting to reconstitute the APPG on Access to Justice, a cause for which Simon cared so deeply and did so much over the years. An immeasurable loss to the #LegalAid and #Access2Justice community.

Warmest congratulations to Andy Slaughter on his appointment as Chair of Justice Committee.

Tomorrow's #LAPGConf24 shaping up nicely - sold out with over 200 delegates from across the sector. A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs, sponsors Iomart John M Hayes Leigh Day and of course our hosts @HSFlegal. #WeAreLegalAid

At the Civil Justice Council Conference today where Minister for Courts and Legal Services Heidi Alexander MP has just announced a fee increase for housing and immigration up to an hourly rate in the region of £65/£69 (outside London/inside London) 1/