Monthly Archives: March 2013

This is a draft assessment on the current state of online legal advice in the UK. Comments are really welcome in relation to sites that should be considered; judgements that should be made or altered; or anything else. Overall, the level and presentation of legal advice online in the UK...

There will be blood. There will also be price competition for criminal contracts. No matter that speaker after speaker lined up at yesterday’s All Party Parliamentary Group on legal aid to denounce it. Yes: the consultation period of eights weeks is short. Yes: despite five consultations on the subject since...

  The Dutch Legal Aid Board has one of the most interesting legal websites of its kind in the world. It is known as the Rechtwijzer which is variously translated as ‘conflict resolution guide’ or ‘signpost to justice’. The best thing to do at this point is to get online; switch on...

Human rights will be a politically live issue at the next election. Leading on the issue will by the Conservative Party, urged on by elements in the media such as the Daily Mail with a commercial interest in resistance to any law on privacy deriving from human rights. So, the...

Colleagues, It is time. It is time for us to enjoy the dithering of the Tory party as it swings left and right like a headless chicken. But it is also time for us to set out clearly where Labour stands. The mumble of cabinet ministers on human rights give...