Legal Aid
The government has announced that it is to restrict the availability of legal aid for certain kinds of case.
This not only represents the latest attack on the poor by a Government of millionaires but also prejudices the Article 6 rights of those of limited means to achieve a fair hearing.
Campaign now to oppose the cuts in Legal Aid
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Jibin Philip
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It is important that the poor disadvantaged people in the society gets access to justice just like any other person. Cutting legal aid will place these people in a situation where the government is indirectly saying get justice only if you can afford it (paying someone privately). This is in fact questioning the fairness of the legal system leading to more inequalities in the society. How injustice is that!
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Jibin Philip
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It is important that the poor disadvantaged people in the society gets access to justice just like any other person. Cutting legal aid will place these people in a situation where the government is indirectly saying get justice only if you can afford it (paying someone privately). This is in fact questioning the fairness of the legal system leading to more inequalities in the society. How injustice is that!
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Irene Burkett
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I work in a Law Centre which helps people who can not pay for legal help at all. If legal aid is cut it will severely affect their chances of receiving help. Cuts will affect all those more disadvantaged in society who are not able to get help any other way.
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Kat King
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The proposed cuts will mean that justice will only be available to those who can afford to pay.
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David
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Please take up the fight to protect the right of ordinary people to have access to justice. Many of us will find that we need help during this dificult time
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Bridget
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Access to Justice shouldn't be just for the rich.
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Kieran Laird
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Legal aid must be preserved for those who need it most.
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Anonymous
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Justice needs access to justice
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Sue Bent
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Sue
Rights have no meaning without access to justice. These proposals mean that thiose who are poor will not have that access -
Elayne Hill
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It is vital that those people who are the most disadvantaged in society have access to justice. Please take up the campaign to ensure that people who require advice, assistance and representation for the most basic rights, employment, housing, debt, etc are able to access good quality advice.
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Julia
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Yes, please take up the campaign for equalities and for the sake of justice.
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Gary Cornforth
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Access to justice is already effectively denied to many people. The latest restrictions on legal aid will make the situation far worse. Do we really want a society in which only those with extremely large incomes can get legal advice and assistance?
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Jane Bramley
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It is vital that poor people, who are already being denied benefits they should be entitled to get help and representation in their cases They are having their ESA/DLA etc. stopped and being forced to appeal, then on a long waiting list for an appeal. There will be no help if the cuts in legal aid go through. This also applies to debts, which these days people are forced into due to low incomes and at the mercy of collectors and bailiffs. Legal help is absolutely essential.
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Mary Arnold
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Legal aid for those who can't afford to pay is a basic human right. Cutting legal aid for housing advice deprives people of helping themselves and will put many more people at the mercy of unscrupulous landlords, ultimately increasing numbers of homeless. I oppose such cuts to legal aid.
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Simon Lynes
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It's outrageous that legal advice should only be available to those who can afford it
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BUSY BEE
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Liberty informed me that we all have to send a written response objecting to a Bill of Rights replacing the Human Rights Act. See DISCUSSION PAPER: DO WE NEED A UK BILL OF RIGHTS at: www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/about/cbr/cbr-discussion-paper.pdf
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Anne Morgan
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I would like this to be made a high priority. Many thanks.
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Richard Harrod
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The legal aid system is the only way of giving less well off people access to fairness. Why should law be available only to those who can afford it?
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Ronald
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People need acsess to justice. There is little point in having laws if normal people are unable to enforce them. The governement is trying to encourage people to ryun their own casesbut this will result in more backlog in the courts as litigants in person actually cost more moneythan an effective legal aid system due to wated time resulting from unrealistic expectations.
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Seanie
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Unfair!
