Jack Straw has announced proposals to crack down on nuisance legal claims and new powers to seize money from prisoners.
It is intended to respond to this news in due course.
UPDATE: I will wait until the Guardian Commentisfree publishes the article I sent and they agreed to accept.
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Prison Law reform
15 July 2009
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) announced today changes to the legal aid scheme for advice to prisoners. The scheme provides advice on issues affecting prisoners’ progress through the prison system, such as sentence and parole, and other matters such as treatment and discipline.
These changes are expected to cap the cost of prison law cases at £22 million per annum. Left unchecked, the LSC estimates that the cost could rise to £44 million by 2011/12.
