Access to Justice

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Why is access to justice important? a) In civil cases: b) In criminal cases:

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a) Provides Fairness, helps with funding

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b) Their freedom is at risk

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a) Allows for individual rights to be enforced

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b) Criminals need a good trial

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1. Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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2. Legal Aid

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1. The person cannot afford to pay legal fees and the case is eligible

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2. Where the case is serious e.g domestic abuse

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1. Medical Negligence

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2. Trespass on land or property

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3. Criminal cases

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1. Testing to see if a person has a lawyer

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2. Testing if a person is able to go to court

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3. How much money somebody has including income and home ownership before deciding whether or not to give them money

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1. Many people who actually own their own home don't have spare money even if they earn a lot of money

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2. People are unaware of the amount of money they have

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1. They cant pay for the staff

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2. Have opened business elsewhere in places other than the legal services

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3. Many have decided that due to low pay they have suffered and don't feel like carrying on giving more money

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2. Welfare Benefits

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3. Education

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4. Housing

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6. Discrimination

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7. Immigration

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Children and Domestic Abuse

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Mental health and Community care

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1. Director of a local council

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2. CEO of a big law firm

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3. Director of the legal aid Agency

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1. The cost of the services and the benefit which may be obtained

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2. The chance of success

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3. The availability of the services

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The person

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The nature and seriousness of the case

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The chance of success

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The public interest

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1. If you earn more than £31,834 per year your eligible

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2. If you earn more than £800 per month your eligible

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If you earn more than £700 per month then your eligible

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If you earn more than £30,340

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1. Organisations who have a contract with the legal aid agency (LAA)

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2. Just Law Firms

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1. Head of criminal casework

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2. Prison authority

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1. The Head of criminal casework

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2. A duty solicitor from a law firm that the legal aid agency would have made a contract with

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3. A barrister from chambers that the legal agency would have made a contract with

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1. Court cases

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2. Tribunals

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3.Extradition orders

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1. If the individual is likely to lose their liberty loss of reputation

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2. Whether the individual is able to understand or present their case on their own

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3. Whether or not the person committed a crime

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4. Whether the proceedings concern an important question of law

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1. If the claimants income is this £ 23,456 or more than they aren't likely to receive legal aid

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2. If Claimants income is this £22,325 or more than they aren't likely to receive legal aid

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1. Conditional Fee agreements, available only in Cival cases except family. Work by the solicitor and client agreeing on a fee that would be charged and a success fee if the case is won. Usually the agreement is if the case is lost no fee is to be paid. Known as "no win no fee arrangement".

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1. Charity organisation set up in most towns to provide free legal advice to anyone on a variety of issues set up in 1938

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2. Lawyers who approach different people with legal advice free of charge

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1. Open since 1970s offer free non means tested legal advice to people in their area aim to provide legal advice where access is limited

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2. Places where solicitors work

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1. Solicitors provide free or fixed fee initial interviews also offer accident legal advice service to help accident victims claim compensation Barristers give their time no free of charge free representation unit to represent clients

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2. Solictors and Barristers give their money to critical cases

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close down

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of justice test

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They may have to pay large amounts for a solicitor (private funding)

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Or take out a conditional fee agreement available in all civil cases except family cases, but not in criminal cases

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The solicitor and client agree on the fee that would normally be charged for such a case and a success fee. if the case is lost usually no fee is to be paid (no win no fee arrangement)

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The solicitor and client agree on what the client will pay the solicitor

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Success fees are usually capped at 25% of the damages that the client wins. winner has to pay because the loser cannot be required to pay the winners success fee

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The claimant pays all the money

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Claimants can also take out insurance in case they lose and have to pay the other side's legal costs. The premium for this cannot be reclaimed from the other side following LASPO 2012

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