Civil legal aid review failed to see scheme as a tool for social change, conference told
Moves to restrict access to judicial review criticised
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Legal Aid Board warns of delays to divorce and child custody cases due to funding shortage
Rise in workload driven partly by ‘exponential increase’ in cases involving asylum seekers
Record domestic violence calls to Free Legal Advice Centres
Overwhelming demand points to ‘civil legal aid crisis’, says Flac chief executive
Office redevelopment opportunity off St Stephen’s Green for €13m
Possible options for 1970s property include eight-storey office building, 133-room hotel or 154-unit student accommodation block
Leading lawyer who represented Jozef Puska was top-paid criminal legal aid barrister in 2023
Senior counsel Michael Bowman was country’s top-paid criminal legal aid barrister in 2023
Sexual violence victims should get legal aid at all stages of legal process, Oireachtas committee told
Bar council says failure to reverse cuts to criminal legal aid fees is 'a national issue'
Personal injury cases down 40 per cent in four years, latest Courts Service annual report shows
Murder, rape and domestic violence cases rose last year but the number of less serious criminal offences fell
Bill to expand legal advice services for victims of crime, but tighten eligibility for legal aid
Minister for Justice says ‘proper assessments’ must be carried out for criminal legal aid
Top psychiatrist withdraws from legal aid scheme over ‘unmanageable’ workload and ‘derisory’ fees
Prof Patricia Casey says fees do not take into account the skills and emotional energy required
Free Legal Advice Centres chief warns it cannot meet ‘huge’ demand for legal services
Former chief justice says NGOs may be part of the solution to legal aid gaps but adequate funding necessary
Towns becoming ‘deserts’ for private family legal aid cases, says Law Society
Society urges radical expansion of civil legal aid to include aid for local authority tenants facing eviction
End to Garda ‘ethnic profiling’ sought in Government racism action plan
First national plan in over a decade will also tackle discrimination in rental sector, and promote inclusion of minorities
Peter Ward: ‘In a democracy, you are entitled to know something about the laws that govern you’
Lawyer Peter Ward reflects on his 40 years of involvement with Free Legal Aid Centres (Flac)
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