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Home | Publications and resources | Policy briefings and submissions | Exceptional funding: a fig leaf, not a safeguard

Exceptional funding: a fig leaf, not a safeguard

Martha Spurrier

Published:  29th July 2013

The Public Law Project looks at the latest statistics on exceptional funding from the Legal Aid Agency, which show that the scheme is not fit for purpose and does not provide a safeguard for access to justice.

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  • This document was also published at the legal aid changes blog
 Exceptional funding, Legal Aid; Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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