Last month the APL and LAPG made a short joint submission to the Sentencing Review which is due to report “soon” according to a speech made by the Lord Chancellor last week. The short submission highlights that proposed changes may have an impact on the need for people in prison to have appropriate access to […]
The APL welcomed proposals issued today, 9 May 2025, by the Ministry of justice to increase the fees in legal aid prison law cases. The consultation document acknowledges that prison law was left out of the increases in criminal legal aid fees by the previous government, despite recommendations that it should be included. It also notes […]
PRESS RELEASE 01 February 2024 The Association of Prison Lawyers welcomes the High Court’s judgment on criminal legal aid funding handed down yesterday. The Law Society took the government to court over the decision not to raise criminal legal aid fees by the minimum 15% recommended in the independent criminal legal aid review (the “Bellamy […]
22 January 2024 APL has today published a new report which illustrates widespread delays and difficulties lawyers face in getting to see their clients in prison. Despite the exponential leap in the development of technologies in prison, exacerbated by Covid, these facilities are not equally and easily accessible to lawyers who need to see their […]
Joint Letter from the Association of Prison Lawyers and Legal Aid Practitioners Group. Link to Letter pdf (225k)
On 26 July 2018 APL Member firm Swain & Co. have issued a claim for judicial review alleging that the Parole Board is not sufficiently independent to meet the requirements of a court, and seeking an order staying the current Chair recruitment process. Former head of the Parole Board Nick Hardwick provided a witness statement to […]