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Taxis emblazoned with the "Sound Off for Justice" logo, which is backed by the Law Society, have been touring London streets this week recording passengers' opinions in mobile sound booths about the threat of cuts to legal aid.
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To: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC, MP, lord chancellor and secretary of state for justiceDear Lord Chancellor,The Legal Action Group LAG and the Law Society continue to have very serious reservations about the government's proposals for changes to legal aid provision in England and Wales.
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Initially hesitant about campaigning against the coalition's plans to slice £350m million from the legal aid budget for fear that opposition will be portrayed as solicitors protecting their own incomes, the Law Society has decided to speak out.
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In a letter to the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, seen by the Guardian, the president of the Law Society, Linda Lee, declared: "The government's proposals amount to a fundamental reshaping of the legal aid scheme, with many areas of law where services are provided to the most vulnerable, being completely removed from scope."
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Echoing pleas from the medical profession that have temporarily halted NHS reform, the Law Society has launched a strident attack on the Ministry of Justice's plans to remove half a million cases a year from entitlement to funding for divorce, child maintenance, clinical negligence and welfare cases.
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Des Hudson, the Law Society chief executive, said he feared that cuts to legal aid could be even deeper than the proposed £350m because less money may be saved by keeping people out of prison.
Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas 2011
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Des Hudson, the Law Society chief executive, said he feared that cuts to legal aid could be even deeper than the proposed £350m because less money may be saved by keeping people out of prison.
Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas 2011
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The plans have provoked fierce opposition, particularly from the solicitors' organisation, the Law Society.
Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas 2011
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The plans have provoked fierce opposition, particularly from the solicitors' organisation, the Law Society.
Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas 2011
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A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers dismissed the Law Society's criticism.
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