Legal aid reform could end right to a free solicitor – The Guardian

Posted June 27th, 2011 in budgets, legal aid, legal representation, news by sally

“A ‘cornerstone’ of the legal system, the universal right to a solicitor upon arrest, could be jettisoned in favour of means-testing under controversial plans drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.”

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The Guardian, 25th June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk