The UK government must shore up the beleaguered legal aid market if more generous eligibility criteria are to benefit people on lower incomes, solicitors’ leaders have warned. The Law Society of England and Wales today published updated legal aid deserts maps to accompany its response to the Ministry of Justice consultation on changes to the legal aid means test. “Legal aid is a lifeline for people, usually living in poverty, to help them in moments of crisis such as when they are facing eviction or seeking protection from a violent partner for themselves and their children,” Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said.
|
