Geoff Hoon, Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor's Department, said the Government would probably be conducting a review of legal aid and civil justice in Northern Ireland “with a view to bringing forward similar proposals” to those for England and Wales, at the Legal Action Group (LAG) conference in London last week.
IBA Conference – India calls on foreigners to play on level playing field
The Indian Bar Association appears to have removed some obstacles to foreign lawyers setting up in its country – only to raise new ones. During the inaugural ceremony, Lalit Bhasin, honorary secretary-general of the Indian Bar Association, said international lawyers were welcome to come to India “so long as they practise on a level playing […]
