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The Legal Aid system
The Legal Aid system was finally abolished for personal injury cases in April 2000. At the same time, Legal Aid became known as 'Public Funding' (and it is still available for claims relating to medical negligence).
What is Legal Aid?
The Legal Aid system was introduced to help people who otherwise would not be able to afford it, to gain access the courts. It therefore enabled them to get a fair hearing and resolve legal problems.
Why was it introduced?
The purpose of Legal Aid is to help people on a limited budget and who meet certain eligibility requirements, to gain access to the British legal system. Help could be given on a whole range if issues such as eviction, debt or family breakdown, explaining peoples' rights under the law, advice to those detained at police stations, as well as representing people in court.
The Legal Aid system continued
Legal Aid is central to a society based on social justice. It is there to help everyone who really needs it. And by reducing discrimination based on a person's financial standing, it enables fair access for all to the courts. We have to remember that before Legal Aid was introduced introduced, many people could not afford to get the protection of our legal system due to the high costs involved.
How Legal Aid works.
Legal Aid is available for many kinds of civil legal case. For example, disputes with companies or other organisations, and individuals - even your next door neighbour! Depending on your circumstances, Legal Aid is also available for criminal cases.
In England and Wales , the Legal Aid scheme is operated by the Legal Services Commission and overseen by the Ministry of Justice. Their budget controlled by HM Treasury.
The aim of the Legal Services Commission is to make quality legal aid accessible to everyone thereby ensuring effective delivery of justice and legal advice to all UK citizens.
When was it introduced?
The Legal Aid system was officially introduced in 1949 but it wasn't until 1999 that the Access to Justice Act was passed. This Act gave control and responsibility for running the system to the Legal Services Commission.
When was Legal Aid stopped for personal injury cases?
Legal Aid was finally abolished for personal injury cases in 2000. However, No Win No Fee arrangements have been available since 1995.
How has the abolition of Legal Aid for personal injury claims affected people?
The purpose of Legal Aid was to help people who could not afford to use the UK 's legal system to pursue claims. If they lost the claim, then if they were not receiving Legal Aid, they would have to pay the other side's legal costs as well as their own legal costs. Legal Aid protected them against those financial risks.
However, in 2000 the Government abolished Legal Aid for personal Injury cases - presumably to make savings for the public purse.
To ensure that ordinary people could still make claims for compensation, the Government decided to extend the system of No Win No Fee agreements. They did this by allowing solicitors representing the successful cases to recover their costs from the other side. This was on this basis that the solicitors only got paid if they won their case.
Access 2 Justice is a trading name of Solutions 4U UK Ltd which is a company registered in England and Wales, registration number 06885656.
Access 2 Justice is also regulated by the Ministry of Justice in respect of regulated claims management activities and their reference number is CRM3433.
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