| 2010 |
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| 3 Sept 2010 |
Legal aid fraud applicant jailed |
| 1 Sept 2010 |
Summary of calls to the Board for urgent advice and assistance increases arising from the Lord Advocate’s interim Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor |
| 16 August 2010 |
In view of the very challenging times ahead for public expenditure the Board is carrying out a review of our running costs.
|
| 16 August 2010 |
Summary of calls to the Board for urgent advice and assistance increase requests to provide advice arising from the Lord Advocate’s interim Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor |
| 4 August 2010 |
Ensuring Effective Access to Appropriate and Affordable Dispute Resolution Processes: Consumer Focus Scotland’s consultation and seminar |
| 28 July 2010 |
Summary of calls to the Board for urgent advice and assistance increase requests to provide advice arising from the Lord Advocate’s interim Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor |
| 19 July 2010 |
Summary of calls to the Board for urgent advice and assistance increase requests to provide advice arising from the Lord Advocate’s interim Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor
|
| 19 July 2010 |
Removal of solicitors from criminal legal assistance register |
| 5 July 2010 |
Corporate Plan 2010-2011 published |
| 5 July 2010 |
Summary of calls to the Board for urgent advice and assistance increase requests to provide advice arising from the Lord Advocate’s interim Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor |
| 28 June 2010 |
Summary of calls to the Board for urgent advice and assistance increase requests to provide advice arising from the Lord Advocate’s interim Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor |
| 21 June 2010 |
Statement: guidelines issued re police station interviews / Board involvement |
| 1 June 2010 |
24% increase in civil legal aid applications - highest number in a decade |
| 17 May 2010 |
Conference on changes to Tribunal System |
| 26 April 2010 |
Statement re recent press reports on legal aid concerning 7/7 bombers' families and MPS facing charges of theft by false accounting |
| 25 March 2010 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board supports "Earth Hour" |
| 12 January 2010 |
Deputy first Minister opens Ayrshire Advice project |
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| 2009 |
|
| 15 December 2009 |
Satisfaction with civil legal aid high and improved |
| 29 September 2009 |
Grant funding programme 2009 - successful projects announced |
| 24 September 2009 |
Annual Report 2008-2009 published |
| 18 May 2009 |
Corporate Plan 2009-2011 published |
| 6 May 2009 |
Grant funding programme open for applications - legal advice for people facing reposession and debt |
| 7 April 2009 |
Legal support for middle-income households - issued by the Scottish Government |
| 24 March 2009 |
Glasgow duty plans - Interim interdict decision |
| 3 February 2009 |
Statement for BBC re PDSO / Glasgow Solicitor Duty Plan |
| 1 February 2009 |
Statement re Adam Carruthers |
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| 2008 |
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| 9 December 2008 |
Over 359,000 grants of legal assistance in 2007-2008, as spending rises to £155.1 million - Annual Report 2007-2008 published.
|
| 5 August 2008 |
New legal advice service benefits people across the Highlands and Islands |
| 21 February 2008 |
Mental Health Act (2003) reclaimed by service users and professionals at unique event in Dunfermline |
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| 2007 |
|
| 1 October 2007 |
Over 400,000 legal aid grants made, as costs increase to £150 million - Annual Report 2006-2007 published |
| 30 March 2007 |
Solicitor and firm stopped from undertaking criminal legal aid work
|
| 26 March 2007 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board opens new Public Defence Solicitors’ Office in Orkney
|
| 21 February 2007 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board joins forces with Argyll and Bute Advice Network to provide wider, innovative access to specialist legal advice across the region
|
| 6 February 2007 |
Solicitor and firm stopped from undertaking criminal legal aid work |
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| 2006 |
|
| 20 December 2006 |
Legal aid modernisation continues, as costs fall - Annual Report 2005-2006 published
|
| 26 October 2006 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board funds Disability Legal Advice Project in Lanarkshire
|
| 20 October 2006 |
Public defender network expansion welcomed |
| 7 September 2006 |
Minister’s announcement heralds new era for legal advice |
| 27 June 2006 |
Modernising and improving legal aid - Corporate Plan 2006-2009 published |
| 12 May 2006 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board joins forces with Fife Rights Forum to provide specialist legal advice to clients with mental health issues
|
| 9 March 2006 |
Deputy Minister for Justice, Hugh Henry MSP calls for network of Public Defence Solicitors’ Office to be expanded, during visit to Glasgow |
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| 2005 |
|
| 21 December 2005 |
Legal aid reforms bring improvements, as costs increase - Annual report 2004-2005 |
| 16 November 2005 |
Board comment on issues raised at High Court Appeal case today |
| 2 November 2005 |
Board awards funding to five new legal advice projects with focus on mental health, disability, housing, employment and advice in rural areas - read more including factsheets |
| 28 October 2005 |
Legal aid reforms under the spotlight at solicitors’ conference - issued by the Law Society of Scotland and the Board |
| 26 July 2005 |
Solicitor and firm deregistered |
| 17 June 2005 |
Legal aid modernisation ahead - consultation published by Scottish Executive |
| 8 June 2005 |
Significant improvements to legal aid ahead - Corporate Plan 2005-2006 |
| May 2005 |
Legal aid investigation - James Muir Solicitors |
| 9 February 2005 |
New Director for Public Defence Solicitors in Scotland |
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| 2004 |
|
| 24 November 2004 |
New public defender appointed for north of Scotland
|
| 29 October 2004 |
Legal aid review enables modernisation of access to justice
|
| 29 October 2004 |
Working together to modernise legal aid - issued by the Law Society of Scotland and the Board
|
| 28
September 2004 |
Legal
aid widens access to justice, as costs increase
|
| 24
June 2004 |
New
public defender service launched in the Highlands
|
| 13
May 2004 |
Opportunities
for access - Corporate Plan 2004-2006
|
| 6
May 2004 |
Public
defenders arrive in the Highlands - issued by PDSO |
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| 2003 |
|
| 2
December 2003 |
Debate
brings valuable opportunity to modernise legal advice
|
| 28
November 2003 |
Board
wins prestigious national worklife balance employer award
|
| 24
October 2003 |
Modernisation
of legal aid the best way forward, says Board
|
| 20
October 2003 |
More
public defender offices welcomed
Director
Of PDSO welcomes Ministerial announcement of new offices |
| 31
July 2003 |
Legal
aid developments highlighted as annual report published - read
more details or read the press
release
|
| 19
June 2003 |
Legal
aid plans published
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| 2002 |
|
| 20
Dec 2002 |
Research
into the distribution of the supply of legal aid in Scotland
published
|
| 25
July 2002 |
How
legal aid makes a difference revealed as annual report published
(view
release) (more
details)
|
|
23 May 2002 |
Improved
access to justice welcomed by the Scottish Legal Aid Board |
|
18 April
2002 |
West
Lothian Council - Launch of West Lothian Advice Partnership |
|
9 April 2002 |
Legal
Aid Project Launch - Young people at risk get a better deal
from legal aid services |
|
21 March
2002 |
Rural
areas to get better services from CABx |
|
13 March
2002 |
Greater
access to Justice for those in need |
|
1 March 2002 |
The
Scottish Legal Aid Board has removed a firm and a solicitor
from the Criminal Legal Assistance Register |
|
2001 |
|
|
19 December
2001 |
Research
into reduction of civil legal aid applications published |
|
7 November
2001 |
Legal
Aid Inquiry Report welcomed by Scottish Legal Aid Board |
|
26 October
2001 |
Civil
legal aid changes to improve access to justice |
|
11 October
2001 |
Innovative
legal advice pilot projects announced |
|
27 September
2001 |
PDSO
research welcomed by Scottish Legal Aid Board |
|
27 September
2001 |
PDSO
research: press release from the PDSO Office |
|
7 July 2001 |
Legal
aid grants reach highest ever level as cost stays almost the
same (view
release) (more
details) |
| 1 May 2001 |
Legal aid evolving in teh 21st century - Corporate Plan published (pdf)
|
|
7 March 2001 |
Legal
aid - setting the record straight [View
Press Release] [View
Public Notice] |
|
2000 |
|
|
18 December
2000 |
Boost
for legal aid information systems |
|
10 October
2000 |
Welcome
for Government plans to develop a community legal service
in Scotland |
| 4 October 2000 |
Board asks for your views at public meeting in Edinburgh
|
|
13 September
2000 |
Disruption
to Mail services |
|
31 August
2000 |
Legal
Aid for Hepatitis C victims |
|
27th July
2000 |
Scottish
Legal Aid Board Launches Annual Report 1999/2000 and Corporate
Plan 2000-2003 |
|
27 June 2000 |
New
initiative will help more people access civil legal aid |
|
21 June 2000 |
Changes
to operation of Public Defence Solicitors' Office announced |
| 23 March 2000 |
Board asks for your views at public meeting in Glasgow (pdf)
|
| 15 March 2000 |
Board asks for your views at public meeting in Dumfries (pdf)
|
|
1999 |
|
|
17 November
1999 |
Cost
of legal aid in Scotland drops for the first time in over
10 years |
24 September 1999 |
Scottish Mirror article: the Board's response (pdf) |
|
30 March
1999 |
Chief
Executive appointed for Scottish Legal Aid Board |
|
19 March
1999 |
Internal
investigation |
|
1 February
1999 |
Legal
aid reform for Scotland welcomed by Scottish Legal Aid Board |
|
26 January
1999 |
Richard
Scott |
|
1998 |
|
|
11 December
1998 |
Scottish
Legal Aid Board backs Government plans for fixed fees |
|
13 October
1998 |
Scottish
Legal Aid Board welcomes fixed fees for summary criminal legal
aid |
|
1 October
1998 |
UK
first as Public Defence Solicitors' Office opens for business |
|
29 September
1998 |
Code
of Practice for solicitors takes effect from 1 October |
|
25 August
1998 |
Scottish
Legal Aid Board vision for civil justice |
3 August 1998 |
Team of solicitors announced for PDSO (pdf) |
|
16 July 1998 |
"Exciting
and challenging" year for legal aid - Scottish Legal
Aid Board launch annual report |
|
18 May 1998 |
Scottish
Legal Aid Board welcomes consultation on civil justice |
|
1 April 1998 |
Scottish
Legal Aid Board sets quality standards for criminal legal
aid |
|
13 January
1998 |
New
Chairman for the Scottish Legal Aid Board |
