So what have we learned over the past six weeks? Court fees We have learned that if court fees are too high this reduces access to the courts. But the courts are a branch of the State rather than … [Read more...]

In this series, we have looked at the problems of the law and legal costs. A complex legal system which ordinary people cannot use without help and the high, in many cases prohibitively high, … [Read more...]

What is legal aid? Legal aid is a scheme where the state covers the cost of professional lawyers to advise and represent clients in certain areas of law. Subject - for civil claims anyway - to … [Read more...]

It is an axiom that everyone hates lawyers. Why is this? They are a smug lot, and often give the impression they think they are better than everyone else They are constantly using words and … [Read more...]

In my introduction to this series I gave you the main sources of our legal system The statutes The cases, and The Civil Procedure Rules In an ideal world, those three links would be enough … [Read more...]

One of the problems with bringing court claims nowadays is the eye-watering court fees. For example, the court fees for issuing any kind of money claim ranges from £35 for a claim value of up to … [Read more...]