Legal aid
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Civil legal aid
Information and updates for Scottish solicitors who carry out civil legal aid work.
Criminal legal aid
Information and updates for Scottish solicitors who carry out criminal legal aid work.
Children’s legal aid
Information for Scottish solicitors who carry out children’s legal aid work.
Latest legal aid news
The Scottish Government has proposed a range of positive justice sector reforms in its 2024-25 Programme for Government, but has failed to recognise the urgent need for investment in access to justice and legal aid.
The Law Society of Scotland has responded to an announcement from the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association that its members will be resuming a boycott of summary domestic abuse cases.
The Law Society of Scotland has called for criminal court hearings held on public holidays to be ended, because of the severe negative impact they are having on legal practitioners and their clients.
The Law Society is to withdraw from discussions on the creation of a review mechanism for legal aid fees, stating it had ‘lost confidence’ in the Scottish Government project following a lack of progress in two years.
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