Overhaul of legal aid system
In response to the report from Sir Christopher Bellamy, the ministry of justice has proposed a number of changes to the criminal legal aid system, including offering all children free legal aid and an injection of £135m into the sector.
Our response to these proposals was picked up by the Daily Mail, Mail Online, ITV News, This is Money, the Independent, the Evening Standard, the National, the Belfast Telegraph, St Helen's Star, the Helensburgh Advertiser, MSN.com, the Basingstoke Gazette, the Bolton News, the Kidderminster Shuttle, the Northern Echo, the Scotland Herald, Aol.com, the Shropshire Star, Yahoo! News, KentOnline, the Inverness Courier, the Courier, the Press and Journal, Redditch & Alcester Advertiser, the Knutsford Guardian, Dudley News, the Winsford and Middlewich Guardian, the Craven Herald, the Oxford Mail, the Cotswold Journal, the Hereford Times, Bucks Free Press, Redhill, Reigate and Horley Life, the Andover Advertiser, the Tivy Advertiser, the Leigh Journal, Worcester News, the Watford Observer, the Strathallan Times, the Daily Echo, Borehamwood and Elstree Times, This is Wiltshire, Western Telegraph, Witney Gazette, Stroud News & Journal, the Swindon Advertiser, the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter, the Oldham Times, the Harrow Times, the Wirral Globe, the Wimbledon Times, the Ledbury Reporter, the Packet, the Slough Observer, Adrossan & Saltcoats Herald, the Sutton & Croydon Guardian, Yeovil Express, Swanage & Wareham Voice, the Wandsworth Times, the Dorset Echo, the Braintree and Witham Times, the Bromsgrove Advertiser, the Chelmsford and Mid Essex Times, the Isle of Wight County Press, the Thurrock Gazette, Chard and Ilminster News, This is Oxfordshire, the Gazette & Herald, the Irvine Times, the North Wales Chronicle, the Hexham Courant, the Romsey Advertiser, St Albans & Harpenden Review, the Northern Echo, the Powys County Times, the Penarth Times, the Telegraph & Argus, the Times & Star, Bridport & LymeRegis News, the Swanage & Wareham Voice, the Messenger, the Richmond & Twickenham Times, the Darlington & Stockton Times, the Keighley News, the Argus, the Glasgow Evening Times, Stirling News, the Leader, the Dunfermline Press, the Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal, Bracknell News, the Northwich Guardian and many more publications.
Legal Futures also covers the issue.
BBC Radio Three also mentioned our response on their Breakfast programme.
Moving house
Sarah Dwight, a member of our conveyancing and land law committee, spoke to BBC Radio Cornwall (from 16:34) about how long it takes to move house.
Cyberflashing
Stuart Nolan, chair of our criminal law committee, spoke to Times Radio (from 2:07:08) about the proposal to make cyberflashing a crime, as part of the Online Safety Bill. Cyberflashing is the sending of an unwanted sexual image.
Burberry British Diversity Awards
I. Stephanie Boyce was jointly awarded the Inspirational Role Model of the Year at the Burberry British Diversity Awards, fairplaytalks reports.
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