Legal Aid cuts force closure of almost a third of shelter offices

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Posted on 20 March 2013

"Other adaptations are likely. Lawyers are likely to be asked to provide more legal assistance on a free, or pro-bono, basis. At Teeside University, law students are offering free advice and some representation to the local community, while Keele University is collaborating with the judiciary, law profession and third sector to train "community legal companions" to provide assistance to litigants fighting cases on their own."

 

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