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23 June 2011

Legal aid and civil justice

Effective access to the courts is being threatened.

By David Allen Green

Yesterday’s written statement of the Lord Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke QC MP began well enough. Introducing the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, he said:

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