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Civil legal aid review: call for evidence

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15 January 2024
Issue: 8055 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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The government has launched a call for evidence to inform its Civil Legal Aid Review

The Law Society is facilitating the Ministry of Justice’s roundtables throughout the UK, so our members can feed directly into the government officials undertaking the review.

Law Society president Nick Emmerson said: ‘Providers of civil legal aid continue to close their doors as it is no longer economically viable.’ Statistics from the call of evidence show nearly one third of housing and debt legal aid providers have closed since 2018/19, as have nearly half of welfare benefit legal aid provider offices. Interested parties have until 21 February to respond.

For more details, see here.

Issue: 8055 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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