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UK: MPs lambast civil legal aid reforms

13 March 2015

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"The governments civil legal aid cuts were badly researched and implemented, and have impeded access to justice, an influential committee of MPs reports today."

See the article: MPs lambast civil legal aid reforms (Law Gazette, link)

And: A third of domestic abuse victims 'cannot get legal aid' (BBC News, link)

Report: House of Commons Justice Committee: Impact of changes to civil legal aid under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (pdf)

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