THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND OTHER SOURCES OF ADVICE AND FUNDING
CHAPTER 1. The three branches of the legal profession are introduced, together with their routes to qualification and training.
CHAPTER 2. Examines how the legal profession is regulated: the machinery in place to assist clients who complain of inadequate service; and the disciplinary procedures to deal with lawyers who fall below the professional standards expected of them.
CHAPTER 3. Discusses the effect of the Legal Service Act 2007, together with the introduction of Alternative Business Structures.
CHAPTER 4. Traces the history of legal aid; introduces civil and family legal aid: its cost; administration (Community Legal Service); range; providers; and eligibility.
CHAPTER 5. Introduces the Criminal Defence Service; its cost; the range of legally aided schemes; and the procurement of criminal legal aid.
CHAPTER 6. Introduces and discusses the complete range of Not For Profit agencies: Citizens’ Advice Bureaux; Advice UK; the Law Centres Federation; and specialist agencies.
CHAPTER 7. Discusses the role of the legal profession in delivering access to justice; the Jackson Report; conditional fee agreements and associated problems: ATE insurance premiums; success fees; claims management companies and referral fees. Pro bono work.
CHAPTER 8. Lays out a number of concerns on the provision of legal aid: its breadth, funding, geographical representation and quality. Introduces the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill and considers its effects.
NOTE The edited judgments of all cited cases in these chapters are laid out in an appendix.
CHAPTER 1. The three branches of the legal profession are introduced, together with their routes to qualification and training.
CHAPTER 2. Examines how the legal profession is regulated: the machinery in place to assist clients who complain of inadequate service; and the disciplinary procedures to deal with lawyers who fall below the professional standards expected of them.
CHAPTER 3. Discusses the effect of the Legal Service Act 2007, together with the introduction of Alternative Business Structures.
CHAPTER 4. Traces the history of legal aid; introduces civil and family legal aid: its cost; administration (Community Legal Service); range; providers; and eligibility.
CHAPTER 5. Introduces the Criminal Defence Service; its cost; the range of legally aided schemes; and the procurement of criminal legal aid.
CHAPTER 6. Introduces and discusses the complete range of Not For Profit agencies: Citizens’ Advice Bureaux; Advice UK; the Law Centres Federation; and specialist agencies.
CHAPTER 7. Discusses the role of the legal profession in delivering access to justice; the Jackson Report; conditional fee agreements and associated problems: ATE insurance premiums; success fees; claims management companies and referral fees. Pro bono work.
CHAPTER 8. Lays out a number of concerns on the provision of legal aid: its breadth, funding, geographical representation and quality. Introduces the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill and considers its effects.
NOTE The edited judgments of all cited cases in these chapters are laid out in an appendix.
