Sentences with phrase «drop in civil legal aid»
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 led to an estimated 77 % drop in civil legal aid income for the NfP sector, forcing nine Law Centres to close and leading to the loss of 350 specialist advisers in the Citizens Advice service (see LegalAction magazine December 2016 / January2017, p 13).
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LAG believes unless the HPCDS proposals are dropped they could sound the death knell for what remains of civil legal aid providers in the NfP sector.