Access to justice + funding

• Public system of justice

  • Open to those who can't secure funds
  • Provide legal advice
  • Important people have access to this
• Publicly funded services

  • Helplines funded by government - debt, housing, abuse
  • Citizens advice geared, free advice to all
  • Solicitors co-operate to give more advice
  • Olau centres provide free legal service
  • Against provide fee legal clinics
  • Trade unions provide schemes
  • Free 30min interview
  • Pro bono unit: volunteer lawyers provide free advice
  • City solicitors provide advice if held at police station
  • Government and solicitors to be there 2017
• Private funding

  • Accessing
  • Property
  • Own resources: can fund own case & can be challenged
  • Hindrance: can take out legal insurance
• Blanes legal insurance


  Designed to help you get expert legal knowledge before we arrive
• Conditional fee agreement

  • In civil cases, not family cases
  • Solicitors client can agree on a set fee
  • If case lost, client want pay court
  • If win - normal fee plus success fee
• Public funding

  • Scales which availability children's rights, liberty of individual
  • If income too high won't qualify, if below, don't pass
  • If capital £3000+ want qualify includes home
  • Criminal cases - interest of justice, sabits at least 3
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