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Thread #162882   Message #3879893
Posted By: Iains
02-Oct-17 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: No One Is Above the Law?
Subject: RE: BS: No One Is Above the Law?
It is a very valid point that lack of access to adequate legal advice
creates miscarriages of Justice.The Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (Laspo) Act, which came into effect in 2013(UK) has severely restricted funding.The year before the act nearly one million
cases were granted legal aid, the year after number dropped 50%. The more that is paid for both legal and financial advice, then the safer it is too sail close to the wind even though there be dragons and reefs.