Government invests additional £2 million in the Community Justice Fund
People who have fallen on hard times during the pandemic will be helped by extra funding for free legal advice, the government has announced. An additional £2 million is being invested in the Community Justice
Pro Bono Costs Orders Awareness Project Reports
Pro Bono Costs Orders Awareness Project Reports The Cambridge Pro Bono Project, a programme within the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge, was invited by the Access to Justice Foundation to conduct research into
Guest Blog: Under the radar: the pandemic’s impact on young people’s social welfare needs
Imogen Edge and James Kenrick report on data indicating an alarming increase in young people seeking help for housing, employment and benefits problems, and question whether advice services are prepared to respond. There is mounting
Give the gift of unclaimed client accounts this Christmas
Donating your firm’s dormant client accounts to the Access to Justice Foundation can make a big difference to the number of free legal advice organisations we are able to support throughout the UK. The sums
Supporting Local Advice in your region
Throughout January to February the Access to Justice Foundation will be hosting a series of short online meetings to discuss plans for Wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund and share the help and resources
The Community Justice Fund injects £11.5m into UK’s free legal advice sector as it tackles ongoing impact of COVID-19
178 not-for-profit specialist legal advice services across the UK have been awarded grants in the first round of funding The Community Justice Fund, an initiative set up to support not-for-profit legal advice organisations as they
INTERVIEW: Laurence Harris, Chairman of the Access to Justice Foundation
We are delighted to welcome Laurence Harris as the new Chairman of the Access to Justice Foundation, taking over from Lord Goldsmith, QC who has stepped down after 12 years in the role. Laurence Harris
BLOG: Pro Bono Costs Orders: Unlocking funds for justice
As many of you may know, the Access to Justice Foundation is the charity designated to receive the money from Pro Bono Costs Orders. Before 2008, legal costs could not be awarded in cases where
BLOG: It all adds up! Why you should donate your unclaimed client accounts
What are unclaimed client accounts? Unclaimed or dormant client accounts are sums of money which lie dormant in the client account of many firms of solicitors, often untouched for years. If you have made reasonable
