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• access to justice concerns the idea that justice should be available to everyone regardless of the ability to pay
• a system that ensures access to justice is fundamental to the rule of law and the idea that everyone is equal before the law
• legal advice and representation is expensive and someone has to pay for it fees in civil cases can run into tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of pounds and on top of this the loser may well be faced with having to pay the winner’s costs aswell

  
  

  in criminal law a persons liberty is at stake making access to high quality legal advice absolutely vital