Cancer patients who have been exposed to deadly asbestos dust could be forced to spend as much as 25% of their compensation on legal fees. Every year, dozens of Derbyshire people die as a result of the incurable cancer...
To nobody’s surprise, the government last night rejected arguments on behalf of mesothelioma sufferers and overturned a Lords amendment that would have exempted them from the effects of Part 2 of the legal aid bill (known as the Jackson...
The Women’s Institute and Mumsnet are among a powerful alliance of women’s groups that has written a private letter to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke, warning that the government’s plans to reform legal aid will hurt victims of domestic violence.
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