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EMERGENCY MEETING Legal Aid: The Future for Clients? 2pm
- 4pm Saturday 16th September at the Friends Meeting House 173 Euston
Road London NW12BJ Confirmed speakers include:- Alison Hannah, Director, Legal Action Group Jackie Peacock, Brent Private Tenants Rights Group Ole Hansen, Solicitor James Sandbach, Citizens Advice Speakers from client groups invited
After the publication of the Carter review and the LSC consultation there is widespread concern about the future. Please publicise this meeting wherever you can. We will update the website with more information as we hear back from speakers. A pdf flyer can be found here.
Call this 'access to justice'?? The
Community Legal Service, set up under the ‘Access to Justice
Act’ 1999, was supposed to improve legal aid for civil and family
cases. But legal aid is now in a state of crisis. Only the poorest
people qualify for public funding – and further cuts are planned.
It’s getting harder by the day to find lawyers and advisers
willing to take on legal aid cases – or even give first-stage
advice. Many people who need legal help with basic needs such as
housing and benefits simply can’t get it.
How can this be called 'access to justice'?
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