How do geographical and demographic factors affect legal aid awareness and uptake? How does legal aid uptake vary by eligibility?

Background

We want to improve the way people are supported in their interactions with the justice system, to target timely and efficient resolutions that lead to positive and sustainable outcomes for all parties involved.

Next steps

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects


  • Social Welfare and Immigration Legal Aid: Mapping need, provision and accessibility

    Legal advice is vital to accessing asylum or immigration status and many social and welfare rights such as housing, welfare benefits, and community care. Yet access to legal advice has been affected by legal aid changes ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sussex

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project examines access to legal advice across the UK, focusing on housing, welfare benefits, community care, and immigration work, which are relevant to the question.

  • Droughts and Deserts: immigration legal aid in UK social policy

    High quality, free legal advice is critical for ensuring that people seeking asylum receive the protection they need; there is also a public interest in ensuring that any public service is cost-effective and of adequate ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Brighton

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on understanding the relationships between cost, legal complexity, and quality in legal aid work, which partially addresses the question.

  • Affordable Legal Advice

    "Advice agencies, support providers, clearinghouses and public legal education providers all exist to help people when they need support to solve their legal problems. However, accessing this complex network of supp...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: ETIC LAB LLP

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the possibility of advice charities sharing data to understand user journeys, but does not directly address the question.