{"id":129412,"date":"2020-05-31T13:20:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=129412"},"modified":"2020-05-31T13:20:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:20:18","slug":"legal-aid-firms-getting-desperate-law-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/legal-aid-firms-getting-desperate-law-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal aid firms &#039;getting desperate&#039; &#8211; Law Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The government risks breaching its obligation to provide a criminal defence service unless it urgently comes to the rescue of struggling legal aid firms, the Law Society warned this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Without extra support on top of existing initiatives to help businesses survive Covid-19, the sector is facing collapse, Chancery Lane says.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawgazette.co.uk\/commentary-and-opinion\/legal-aid-firms-are-getting-desperate\/5104457.article\">lawgazette.co.uk<\/a><\/strong>, president Simon Davis renews the Society\u2019s appeal for further help with cashflow through the Standard Monthly Payment scheme, together with business rates relief. Chancery Lane also wants previous legal aid cuts reversed, and the restarting of work on criminal and civil sustainability \u2018to give firms reason to believe that there is a better future worth struggling on for\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image inline_image_left image_size_small\" data-attachment=\"91243\" data-sequence=\"1\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Law-Society-HQ\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w\/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1d8vslyhr7rdg.cloudfront.net\/Pictures\/280xAny\/2\/4\/3\/91243_Law-Society-HQ.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1d8vslyhr7rdg.cloudfront.net\/Pictures\/280xAny\/2\/4\/3\/91243_Law-Society-HQ.jpg 280w\" class=\" lazyload\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He adds: \u2018Legal aid is a public service. The government has no obligation to ensure a supply of hairdressers or restaurants. It does have a legal obligation to ensure a supply of legal aid solicitors. Moreover, we are not talking about the loss of a handful of firms here and there whose work could be absorbed by those who remain. We are talking about the potential loss of much of the legal aid sector, causing a profound impact on access to justice.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*The Law Society is keeping the coronavirus situation under review and monitoring the advice it receives from the\u00a0Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office\u00a0and\u00a0Public Health England.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawgazette.co.uk\/news\/legal-aid-firms-getting-desperate-law-society\/5104458.article\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/footer.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/1\/embed?mid=1w4tN9mf5kVdBXUXTq2KvwE23NmpUzEna\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=sc635csnrm8h9s9lq0cad6vkss@group.calendar.google.com\" style=\"border:0px #ffffff none;\" name=\"myiFrame\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"1\" marginheight=\"0px\" marginwidth=\"0px\" height=\"3px\" width=\"600px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/LocalBusiness\">\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Business_Solicitors_London.jpg\" width=\"600\" itemprop=\"url\"><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"name\">Dominic Levent Solicitors<\/div>\n<div>Email: <span itemprop=\"email\">Enquiries@dominiclevent.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Phone: <span itemprop=\"telephone\">020 8347 6640<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Url: <span itemprop=\"url\">https:\/\/www.dominiclevent.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"paymentAccepted\"  style='display: none' >cash, check, credit card, invoice<\/div>\n<p>\t<meta itemprop=\"openingHours\"  style='display: none'  datetime=\"Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr 09:30-17:30\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/GeoCoordinates\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"geo\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"latitude\" content=\"51.632223\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"longitude\" content=\"0.1781417\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"address\">\n<div itemprop=\"streetAddress\">1345 High Rd<\/div>\n<div><span itemprop=\"addressLocality\">London<\/span>, <span itemprop=\"addressRegion\">London<\/span> <span itemprop=\"postalCode\">N20 9HR<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government risks breaching its obligation to provide a criminal defence service unless it urgently comes to the rescue of struggling legal aid firms, the Law Society warned this afternoon. Without extra support on top of existing initiatives to help businesses survive Covid-19, the sector is facing collapse, Chancery Lane says. Writing for lawgazette.co.uk, president &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/legal-aid-firms-getting-desperate-law-society\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Legal aid firms &#039;getting desperate&#039; &#8211; Law Society&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Legal aid firms &#039;getting desperate&#039; - Law Society - Dominic Levent Solicitors Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/legal-aid-firms-getting-desperate-law-society\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legal aid firms &#039;getting desperate&#039; - Law Society - Dominic Levent Solicitors Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government risks breaching its obligation to provide a criminal defence service unless it urgently comes to the rescue of struggling legal aid firms, the Law Society warned this afternoon. 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