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Legal aid cutbacks challenged in court
THE government should be taken to court over legal aid cutbacks, solicitors said yesterday.
Two legal groups, the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association, have launched a challenge at the High Court to demand a judicial review on the planned reforms.
According to the lawyers Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s devised “process” would result in “serious harm” to the justice system.
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