So it’s about three thirty a.m in the morning and I’m high
on caffeine and excitement, believe it or not, at writing up my placement
coursework. The long 4,000 word family piece has been handed in and it was also
quite fun to write. This one is almost as good as the other and is 5,000 words.
My question focuses on how legal aid cuts will affect young
people and their rights to access to justice, a favourite reoccurring theme and
probably the only time one can actually get heated up and discuss the more
philosophical side to whether justice in our society is actually attainable. Me
thinks... unfortunate shades of grey...
In a nutshell no one will have access to justice if legal
aid cuts are implemented and why??? Because legal aid isn’t there to help rich
people who can afford rich expensive barristers but rather for those who can
afford no legal representation and cannot afford to pay for expert advice.
Legal aid cuts as I have mentioned before will be highly detrimental to our
current state of affairs in relation to litigation as it will encourage what is
known as litigants in person... in Layman’s terms people representing
themselves at court with no legal knowledge or experience.
During the last few days I have spent hours and hours upon
studying different articles and reports on legal aid, social welfare and the
potential impacts of the legal aid cuts on young people. The more I read the
stronger my dislike for the proposed cuts become, legal aid is there to help
society’s most disadvantaged people if cuts are made to such vital aspects of
society than democracy and Dicey’s rule of law shall surely and rapidly
disappear.
Below is a report conducted by Youth Access which provides
valuable insight into the affects legal aid cuts will have upon young people
and also gives insight into the benefits which law centres and CAB’s provide
for young people in need of professional help and advice.
What is your view on legal aid cuts?
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