MoJ announces £3.1m grant to provide more support to litigants in person in what it describes as ‘key milestone’ in legal support action plan:
https://t.co/HkIDlLKBnN
We have published our report on the impacts of #COVID19 on the legal professions.
We are concerned that without further support many publicly-funded legal service providers may collapse, reducing access to justice.
Read it here 👇
https://t.co/VtxPGHfSQQ
I welcome today’s announcement from @MOJgovuk. It sees an additional £105m allocated to @HMCTSgovuk on top of the £48m already announced (£153m total) to invest in our court & tribunal estate this year. £37m also made available to invest in tech https://t.co/GOnyzmiX0L
We continue to work with colleagues @ThompsonsLaw, @APIL & others, to ease the burden on courts & support claimants during #covid19.
This week we have agreed a further extension to agreements on #personalinjury litigation to 17 June – read more here https://t.co/QaQqoHLE8G
We encourage all Circuiteers to #MakeTheCase and contact your Member of Parliament. All the information is here @thebarcouncil It takes very little time but could make a huge difference to barristers.