Lawcast 119: Access to Justice denied? Legal Aid… or the lack of it.
Today I am talking to Steve Hynes the director of the Legal Action Group. The purpose of The Legal Action group, a national, independent charity, is to promote equal access to justice for all members of society who are socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged. To this end, it seeks to improve law and practice, the administration of justice and legal services.
[…] March 12, 2009 by familoo Steve Hynes, Director of LAG, talks to CharonQC about the proposed cuts in Legal Aid (amongst other things). Talking about the family bar his view is that the government has “pushed it about as far as they are able to without causing serious damage to the practitioner base”. He talks about his annoyance that Jack Straw makes public speeches about legal aid only to knock legal aid practitioners, and the probability that one knock on effect of the recession will increase the demand for legal aid services both criminal and civil. Listen to the podcast. […]