Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
Access to Justice - LASPO Act of 2012 COLIN PANA U6 The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act of 2012 (LASPO) is a controversial piece of legislation that has gathered much attention in regards to its limiting effect on society’s access to justice. It is, however, important to consider the rationale behind the government's implementation of the act - that being the spirling cost of legal aid which stood at a figure of £2.2bn in 2010 while also ‘attempting’ to target the highest priority cases and those who need it most. Above all, despite the government’s intended objectives, this piece of legislation is underpinned by the negative unintended consequences that have ultimately left the most vulnerable members of our society without legal representation and legal guidance. A Brief History: The system that was formed under Clement Attlee’s labour government in 1949 under the name ‘Legal Aid and Advice Act’ had the sole aim to ‘provide legal advice for tho...