To what extent does the legal aid system adequately meet the needs of individuals with different protected characteristics?
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Related UKRI funded projects
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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?
Partially relevant as it focuses on improving access to legal advice but does not specifically address the needs of individuals with different protected characteristics.
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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?
Fully relevant as it specifically examines access to legal advice for individuals with different protected characteristics in the SWILA sector.
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Legal Utopia Engine
This project seeks to implement successful research development outputs undertaken in 2018 and 2019 to establish a commercial application to benefit the lower-means demographic of legal consumers in need of legal support...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: LEGAL UTOPIA LIMITED
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it aims to provide legal support to the lower-means demographic but does not focus on individuals with different protected characteristics.