Hearing of Judicial Review of refusal to implement full funding recommendation for legal aid solicitors starts today

Today is the first day of the hearing of The Law Society’s Judicial Review of the Lord Chancellor’s response to the Bellamy report on legal aid funding. 

The Criminal Law Solicitors Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, represented by Adam Wagner, are supporting The Law Society’s claim as interested parties, and have submitted evidence in the case to demonstrate the effect that years of cuts and underfunding have had on the working lives of criminal legal aid defence solicitors. 

The Divisional Court hearing before Lord Justice Singh and Mr Justice Jay is listed for three days. A previous ruling in the case can be read here.