Lawyers were yesterday called to strike against Legal Aid, The issue: the government reform which does not properly cover the cost of this indispensable scheme.
The legal profession and the Chancellery are at odds. After several months' of negotiations over Legal Aid (LA), The National Bar Council, which represents French lawyers, called off talks with the ministry last Thursday, and from today, calls for members to suspend free consultations, as well as to stop assigning lawyers to perform (...)
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