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• Charity warns Alex Chalk to act over legal aid for immigration and asylum

  17-09-2023 18:18
  
  Lord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law ProjectThe availability of legal aid for immigration and asylum in England and Wales is so poor that the lord chancellor is in breach of his duty to provide access to justice, according to a letter threatening him with legal action.The letter, sent to Alex Chalk by Public Law Project (PLP), says there are particular shortages in north-west and south-west England, the latter having capacity fo
  
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• ‘It’s a power game’: students accused in university rape hearings call in lawyers

  17-09-2023 09:00
  
  Parents of young men facing conduct panels over assaults are raising the stakes by bringing barristers to them, academics sayParents of male students accused of rape at university are starting to bring in barristers to help them avoid expulsion, the Observer has learned.As the number of serious sexual assaults escalates across universities, experts say female students often do not want to go to the police, fearing delays and traumatising questioning, and knowing only 1% of rape cases end in conv
  
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