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13 April 2022
Issue: 7975 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal aid focus
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Ministry of Justice strategy

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made ‘swift access to justice’ one of its key goals, in its Digital Strategy for 2022 to 2025

The strategy, published last week, also sets out to ‘reduce reoffending’, ‘protect the public from serious offenders and improve safety in prisons’. The MoJ proclaims its vision for a ‘justice system that works for everyone’ and a ‘simpler, faster and better for everyone’ user experience of justice.

Other stated goals are to ‘modernise and upgrade courts and tribunals services’, provide ‘straightforward’ access to compensation, improve judiciary confidence in the probation service, create ‘simplified and more reliable access to legal aid’ and support rehabilitation.

Jo Farrar, MoJ Second Permanent Secretary, said the MoJ wanted services ‘designed with the user at their heart’.

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Issue: 7975 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal aid focus
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