The tragedy has highlighted the divisions in society and raised many questions including issues as
to:
access to justice and
legal funding, as the tenants were unable
to obtain
legal aid for
advice due
to the
legal aid cuts; the
legal protection of tenants both in private and social housing; the inability of council tenants
to enforce or seek
to have enforced
basic fitness standards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authorities.
Firms like Axess law operating out of Walmart providing affordable
basic legal services,
legal insurance plans like DAS, prepaid
legal plans, unbundling of
legal services
to paralegals, increasing the limits one can sue for in small claims court where litigants and represent themselves, front ended call centres where you can
access free
basic legal advice, employment sponsored
legal plans, etc..