On 10 January, the UK government launched its call for evidence to inform its civil legal aid review.
We welcome the government’s call for evidence and we will be responding in due course.
To form part of our response, we are facilitating the Ministry of Justice’s roundtables throughout the UK, so our members can feed directly into the government officials undertaking the review.
Our president Nick Emmerson adds: “A well-functioning civil justice system is vital to the economic health and social wellbeing of our country. Legal aid is an essential part of this. We have a justice system that has long been the envy of the world, but without investment, it will continue to fall apart.”
If you would like to share your ideas and concerns about civil legal aid reform directly with the Ministry of Justice, you can find out about the upcoming roundtables in January and February 2024 here: lawsociety.org.uk/topics/legal-a
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