Abstract
Activating the ‘equality of arms’: Daniel Newman spent a year observing lawyers and has vital conclusions for the future of criminal justice, while Siobhán Lloyd outlines our response to the consultation on advice and legal support
Highlights
The cuts proposed by the coalition to the criminal legal aid budget could reduce the 1,600 criminal legal aid firms to a rump of just 400
As detailed in my recent book Legal Aid Lawyers and the Quest for Justice, research into the lawyer-client relationship suggests that this may be a perilous situation for the principle of justice
Even before any cuts were made, it was already apparent that criminal legal aid lawyers felt themselves pressured into delivering a lesser service than they would like
Summary
The cuts proposed by the coalition to the criminal legal aid budget could reduce the 1,600 criminal legal aid firms to a rump of just 400. Those defendants who still have access to lawyers will likely receive representation of a diminished quality. As detailed in my recent book Legal Aid Lawyers and the Quest for Justice, research into the lawyer-client relationship suggests that this may be a perilous situation for the principle of justice. Even before any cuts were made, it was already apparent that criminal legal aid lawyers felt themselves pressured into delivering a lesser service than they would like.
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