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 The Greater Manchester Steering Group on the proposals to transform legal aid have arranged a meeting to discuss and debate the new consultation which is due to close on 18th October 2013.  The meeting will take place on 8th October 2013 at 6pm at Friends Meeting House, Manchester.  The room can accommodate up to 300

Celebrating Wesleyan For Lawyers 6th Anniversary! Wesleyan for Lawyers has successfully reached its sixth year of providing specialised services for lawyers and law firms. To mark this occasion we are giving away a FREE £5 lunch voucher at PRET A MANGER, Spinningfields for the first 100 attendees that attend our anniversary event. Join them in Celebrating their success on

Is this your life ?! Many people love being a lawyer, and that’s great. However, for some it can be a struggle due to an impossible workload, bullying superiors, long hours or just uncertainty that this is how they want to spend their years. LawCare offers free and completely confidential support for those who are

The Portal Extension ‘Michael Hardacre of Pannone LLP gives an update on the portal extention which, from the end of July, includes RTA claims up to £25,000 and Employers’ Liability and Public Liability claims.’ To see more of the article please click here … Portal Extension     

Our very own Past President, Franklin Sinclair is back in the spotlight as ITV’s cameras have one again had access to one of the busiest legal aid law firms.  In the first of two programmes, a man is accused of violent disorder, a defendant pleads not guilty in an armed-robbery case, and a serial offender

Please click Transforming Legal Aid  for the letter from Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, President of the Law Society, on ‘Transforming Legal Aid’

Dear Local Law Society President or Secretary, May we ask for your help in forwarding this message to your members? The present intentions of the Lord Chancellor on legal aid are wrong, unworkable and no basis upon which to run a criminal justice system. Quality representation for those charged/investigated with criminal offences would be sacrificed

The Campaign to save the Legal Industry has launched a Job Loss Counter to highlight the daily job losses. Tens of thousands of support staff, secretaries and administrative staff are set to lose their jobs as the effect of the justice reforms bites. Martin Coyne, managing partner at Ralli Solicitors who is heading up the