In the course of her Henry Hodge Memorial Lecture at the Law Society in June of last year, Baroness Hale recalled Lord Justice Mathew’s aphorism that “in England, justice is open to all — like the Ritz”. I don’t know about the Ritz — I don’t get there that often, entirely through pressure of work, [...]
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Crashing the Ritz
Posted in Lady Hale, Legal aid, Litigation funding, Unusual and newsworthy on 18 January, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gill v RSPCA: A Round-Up
Posted in Adult children, Conditional Fee Agreements, Family provision, Farming cases, Inheritance Act 1975 on 10 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update on news reports of Christine Gill’s claim against the RSPCA for her inheritance
Collaborative law – funding progress
Posted in ADR, Collaborative law, Legal aid, Litigation funding on 28 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An encouraging story here from the Times. The LSC are apparently going to have a public consultation about public funding for collaborative law. Of course it isn’t the solution for everyone, but at the moment a lot of people who could really use the support that collaborative law can give are being excluded because they [...]
