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Lord Goldsmith, founder and chairman of the Access to Justice Foundation, urged all barristers who have acted pro bono in cases to seek a pro bono costs order when they win. In an interview with The Times to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation, he said the legal sector was missing out on thousands of pounds of funding because barristers and judges did not consider them at the end of cases.
Lord Goldsmith, founder and chairman of the Access to Justice Foundation, urged all barristers who have acted pro bono in cases to seek a pro bono costs order when they win. In an interview with The Times to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation, he said the legal sector was missing out on thousands of pounds of funding because barristers and judges did not consider them at the end of cases.
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