Justice Secretary Angela Constance is using existing ministerial powers to remove means-testing for legal aid in such cases.

Everything you need to know about representing children in the youth justice system today

A top prison lawyer explains latest changes around early release and release on tag The pressure on the prison estate in England and Wales continues, despite over 3,000 releases as a result of the …

Solicitor says a lot of menopause support within the legal sector is focused on corporate entities and big institutions.

PAMELA: Calling all legal aid and advice sector workers with an interest in the #perimenopause and the #menopause to join forces   Last month at the Legal Aid…

The intensity of the countdown to Christmas: an IPP client's first Christmas on the out in 19 years   The first of December, and I can think of several clients…

What is life on tag really like?   Electronic monitoring is often put forward as a robust alternative to custody. The current pressure on the prison estate…

A YPA seminar on how release provisions work and what to do when they go wrong

ALT: a woman wearing a sweater with a snowman on it

This was a fantasic conference - huge thanks to Kate Aubrey-Johnson and the team at UCL and Garden Court Chambers for organising, and to all the speakers. I…