Post by nickd on Mar 11, 2011 21:50:18 GMT 1
Here's an interesting viewpoint on the legal aid reforms from Deborah Padfield who specialises in benefits particularly for those who suffer from mental health problems.
Deborah says the reforms are 'immoral' 'inefficient' and 'anti-democratic' Deborah Padfield, 14 January 2011
Deborah Padfield, a Citizens Advice Bureau specialist adviser, offers a thorough breakdown of the potentially disastrous effects of proposed cuts to legal aid. She concludes that the cuts not only risk leaving the most vulnerable without access to the law, but in many situations may increase public sector costs, as cases are left until they reach crisis point. In the process, she picks apart the government's multiple justifications for the cuts, including the arguments that they will discourage a culture of litigation and check over-dependence on the state.
Read the rest of Deborah's interesting and informed article here....
www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/deborah-padfield/legal-aid-reform-proposals-immoral-inefficient-and-anti-democratic
Deborah says the reforms are 'immoral' 'inefficient' and 'anti-democratic' Deborah Padfield, 14 January 2011
Deborah Padfield, a Citizens Advice Bureau specialist adviser, offers a thorough breakdown of the potentially disastrous effects of proposed cuts to legal aid. She concludes that the cuts not only risk leaving the most vulnerable without access to the law, but in many situations may increase public sector costs, as cases are left until they reach crisis point. In the process, she picks apart the government's multiple justifications for the cuts, including the arguments that they will discourage a culture of litigation and check over-dependence on the state.
Read the rest of Deborah's interesting and informed article here....
www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/deborah-padfield/legal-aid-reform-proposals-immoral-inefficient-and-anti-democratic