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

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Introduction

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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