Jon Robins returns with some surprising news from UKIP & a justice update from Plaid Cymru & the Lib Dems
Here is a question for a legal pub quiz: which political party promised to repeal the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) in the 2017 general election?
NLJ readers who have followed articles on the manifesto commitments of the main political parties over the last month (see links below) might, through a process of elimination, make an informed guess. The startling answer is UKIP.
In this the last manifesto review, I look at the election promises of the smaller political parties. We sent out a short questionnaire to the parties asking for their views on the burning issues for lawyers as we approached Thursday’s poll including the personal-injury reforms; the desirability of late-night courts; access to justice and legal aid; and their views on the Human Rights Act.
A singular vision
Last week Paul Nuttall launched his party’s singular vision for the future featuring manifesto commitments to ban the burka in public places, subject girls at risk of
