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Making a separate post for this as it is important to the ill and disabled members we have considering the Government onslaught being suffered by many.
Hope it is of use to you.
Lords defeat part of legal aid cuts
Peers reject draft order in package of budget cuts that critics said would deny claimants fair hearing in point of law cases
The government has suffered an embarrassing 10-vote defeat in the House of Lords over plans to slash the legal aid budget.
Peers backed a rarely-used "fatal motion" to reject a draft order stemming from the controversial Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.
Critics, led by the Labour former minister Lord Bach, said the government had failed to honour an earlier commitment to allow legal aid to appellants, often disabled people, in "point of law" cases at first-tier tribunal level. Urging peers to reject the order, Bach said the lack of legal aid would deny claimants a fair hearing in point of law cases.
More here: Lords defeat part of legal aid cuts | Law | guardian.co.uk
So legal aid can still be sort in benefit claims if it is on a point of law, now my understanding is that regulations 29 and 35 of the employment and support act can be used by many disabled and/or ill citizens as it is a point of law.
GUARDIAN: 35 CAMPAIGN MATERIALS! | Black Triangle Campaign
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
These regulations are now part of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
Hope it is of use to you.
Lords defeat part of legal aid cuts
Peers reject draft order in package of budget cuts that critics said would deny claimants fair hearing in point of law cases
The government has suffered an embarrassing 10-vote defeat in the House of Lords over plans to slash the legal aid budget.
Peers backed a rarely-used "fatal motion" to reject a draft order stemming from the controversial Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.
Critics, led by the Labour former minister Lord Bach, said the government had failed to honour an earlier commitment to allow legal aid to appellants, often disabled people, in "point of law" cases at first-tier tribunal level. Urging peers to reject the order, Bach said the lack of legal aid would deny claimants a fair hearing in point of law cases.
More here: Lords defeat part of legal aid cuts | Law | guardian.co.uk
So legal aid can still be sort in benefit claims if it is on a point of law, now my understanding is that regulations 29 and 35 of the employment and support act can be used by many disabled and/or ill citizens as it is a point of law.
GUARDIAN: 35 CAMPAIGN MATERIALS! | Black Triangle Campaign
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008
These regulations are now part of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.