#Rudy might need his own #LegalAid lawyer after strike busting them during his mayorship, and then going broke paying legal fees after trying to do a Coup.

‘I wouldn’t give him a nickel’: one-time Giuliani donors rule out legal aid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/01/rudy-giuliani-donor-trump-legal-fees

@epistatacadam @passenger @rupertcutler

Oh yes, the #lawyers always seem to be doing OK (well, that is unless they're interested in #legalaid work)

Last day of fundraiser to cover legal costs for climate protest. it is nearly there.

Are we engaged with what is going on here yet, the current weather changes globally are the result of the Anthropocene, protesters are facing prison terms while the larges polluters get tax breaks, investment and more exploration licenses. All while the world burns.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/cover-legal-costs-for-climate-protest-trial

#Aberdeen #Scotland #Protest #LegalAid #ClimateChange

Scheme to help #DomesticAbuse survivors has been hobbled by #LegalAid cuts

Legal aid rates have not increased since 1996 – in effect a cut of 50%, writes Lubna Shuja of the #Law Society
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jul/24/scheme-to-help-domestic-abuse-survivors-has-been-hobbled-by-legal-aid-cuts #ToryPoliciesInAction

Legal aid cuts denying vulnerable women access to justice, says thinktank

Women’s Budget Group says changes have disproportionately affected women and cut critical lifeline in England and Wales

Vulnerable women in England and Wales, including survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, are being denied justice because of cuts to the civil legal aid budget, a thinktank has said.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jul/13/legal-aid-cuts-vulnerable-women-access-justice-budget-england-wales

#WomensRights #LegalAid #ToryFail #law #justice

More on the collapsing access to the legal system: 'fewer & fewer people have access to civil legal aid advice & representation, because provision is collapsing'!

The cuts to #legalaid have initially been mitigated by goodwill & efforts of the #legal profession(s), but this has now largely been exhausted, leaving a growing gap between eligibility (itself limited) to legal services & the actual ability to secure them.

the #ruleoflaw is in an existential crisis!

https://theconversation.com/the-legal-aid-sector-is-collapsing-and-millions-more-may-soon-be-without-access-to-justice-new-data-207045?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1686158679

“In England, justice is open to all – like the Ritz Hotel!” quipped the Irish judge James Mathew in the 19th century.

It was ever thus.

#BorisJohnson #LegalAid #Justice

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/06/british-justice-boris-johnson-legal-aid-mother-breadline-austerity

This has to be stopped
Boris Johnson's new lawyers set to cost taxpayers more than £1 million
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnsons-new-lawyers-set-30092262
#BorisJohnson #LegalAid

Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
#AsylumSeekers
#Deportation
#Braverman
#HomeOffice
#IllegalMigrationBill
#AsylumBan
#LegalAid
#MassDeportations
#Refugees
#MOJ
#Tories
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/25/braverman-bill-could-lead-to-3000-asylum-seekers-being-deported-a-month

Must-read article from #HellGate about a New Yorker (who happens to be a #LegalAid attorney) and her dog, who both got busted by the #NYPD early in the pandemic for her (the attorney) daring to exercise her legal rights by filming the cops' activities on a #NYC street.

Harassment and intimidation accomplished, of course charges were dropped.

https://hellgatenyc.com/the-nypd-took-this-dog-into-custody-because-his-owner-filmed-the-police

#cops #brooklyn #bedstuy #police #constitution #ny #gfy #law #yorkie #dogs #diblasio

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#mutualaid #fundraiser #transwoman #legalaid

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@Bakersm11
She cuts taxes…no $$ for #SocialPrograms like #Medicaid #LegalAid

Is family law free in Ireland? I'm seeking to represent myself in an uncontested divorce. I'm getting exhausted from trying to download forms without having to pay for the privilege which, to my understanding, is my right. #divorce #ireland #citizensinformation #flac #legalaid. I've been around the block, contacted legal aid (the fee is too high for me), FLAC who say I should be able to download for free but can link me, CI who have given me an appointment but I'm not optimistic. Help here?

Perhaps my last post on #BorisJohnson & the Privileges Comm. (for now):

@davidallengreen is absolutely right to point out that for someone who has derided #legalaid lawyers & whose party has tried to ensure legal aid is severely constrained, BJ spent an awful lot of public money on lawyering up in advance of the hearing this week....

Yet more entitlement & hypocrisy for the master of the art...

https://davidallengreen.com/2023/03/the-committee-of-privileges-and-the-equality-of-arms/

Attorneys for Children in New York Are in Crisis
https://citylimits.org/2023/03/03/opinion-attorneys-for-children-in-new-york-are-in-crisis/

"Attorneys are being forced to resign not because they want to leave, but because they cannot provide for their own families if they stay. Offices that were once inundated with job applicants for a small number of vacant positions a decade ago have vacancies that are now taking months to fill—if they can be filled at all."

#NYC #LFC #LegalAid #CityLimits

Solicitors set to take Tory government to court over cuts to vital legal aid fees | Morning Star
#LegalAid
#LegalAidCuts
#Solicitors
#GovtCourtCase
#Tories
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/solicitors-set-take-government-court-over-legal-aid-fees

@LesRepliques

#abus #ForceDeLordre #censure #legalaid

C'est legal que les forces de l'ordre suppriment les photos du #téléphone , comme décrit par Youssef ?

Love this phrase: "slashie award". To describe a common #LegalAid situation where one person wears 3-4 different hats. Eli Mattern points out that when that person leaves they usually only train their replacement on whatever they identify as their primary role