Impact of government’s reforms to legal aid and court services on access to justice

New report - Justice Denied - from the TUC -

This research aims to add to the existing body of evidence which has looked at the impacts of the government’s reforms to legal aid and court services and cuts to these budgets – on access to justice.

Justice Denied adds new and additional information through:
- survey of staff working in the justice sector, particularly courts, legal advice and representation and probation
- interviews with representatives from organisations/coalitions who have expertise in the justice sector and who work with people accessing justice services
- submission of Freedom of Information requests to the Ministry of Justice
- analysis of statistics produced by the Legal Aid Agency.