Submission to the Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid

Curran, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6371-2975, 2024. Submission to the Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid. Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University.

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Abstract

The legal aid system in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland is broken and ‎entrenching inequality. To use a medical analogy, it is hemorrhaging. No ‎amount of band aids, ‘bolt-ons’ or quick fixes, as have been tried, will stop it ‎from bleeding.

‎The legal aid system needs a total redesign informed by the significant body of ‎research that repeatedly make recommendations based on evidence but which ‎is largely ignored. A responsive civil legal aid system will require a deep root and branch reform ‎and re-envisioning of civil legal aid backed by statutory requirements for ‎access to justice. It will require a vision that is driven by the public benefit, and ‎which is properly evaluated and accountable.

Suggestions are made in the submission around how this might be done looking at other tested models and evidence based practice.

Item Type:	Other
Alternative Title:	Evidence - RoCLA consultation of the Government
Creators:	Curran, L.
Publisher:	Nottingham Trent University
Place of Publication:	Nottingham
Date:	14 February 2024
Identifiers:	Number Type 1863571 Other
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Law School
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	20 Feb 2024 10:17
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2024 11:53
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50893

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