Voices for Justice

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn denounced the myth of “fat cat lawyers riding the gravy train”, at the Voices for Justice rally in support of legal aid this week.

Corbyn told the audience that legal aid is a “basic human right”, and condemned court closures and the removal of legal aid for welfare benefit and other civil law areas in 2013.

Shadow justice minister Lord Bach is currently carrying out a comprehensive review of legal aid for Labour.

The rally, organised by the Justice Alliance, was attended by prominent lawyers and campaigners including Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, and Emma Scott, director of the charity Rights of Women.

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Voices for Justice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Ellisons—Marion Knocker