Jump in unrepresented defendants as legal aid cuts continue to bite

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Up to 7.7% of those appearing at first crown court hearing last year had no lawyer, says QC

The number of unrepresented defendants in crown courts is rising sharply, the head of the Criminal Bar Association has warned, as cuts to legal aid increasingly affect the criminal justice system.

 

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Well, of course, Justice is only for the wealthy...

jeremycorbyn plz

Well done Tory shitbirds. Even justice is going down the pan.

TheCriminalBar Always fascinating (annoying) to see DJ massage the examination of Def in person towards the preferred result Most guilty but occasionally not: Shooting fish in a barrell - ignorance of the law: failure to bring vital documents or witnesses

Thanks Lib Dems, you could have refused to help the Tories push through this policy by threatening to withdraw from the Coalition, but you cravenly went along with it. This among many other reasons is why the Lib Dems are only on 12-15% in the polls.

England, is a country in rapid decline. Whether or not BREXIT happens, the country, as a whole, is done. Too many people, too little will.

Completely wrong and as with all things we could fund this if the social piss takers paid there way rather than claimed cheap housing while having cars, holidays, satellite TV etc.

We’ve become a third world country.

Well, it's not like people could start taking matters into their own hands to sort out disputes if they can't get legal redress.

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