Close menu

SURE

Sunderland Repository records the research produced by the University of Sunderland including practice-based research and theses.

Legal Aid Cuts: A Criminal Justice Pain Chain

Spentzari, Eirini (2020) Legal Aid Cuts: A Criminal Justice Pain Chain. Sunderland Student Law Journal, 1. pp. 66-76. ISSN 2634 -193X

Item Type: Article

Abstract

In England and Wales “justice for all” is a legal principle that can be traced back to 1215 in Magna Carta, which states: “We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.”1 Also, according to article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, “everyone has the right to a fair trial ...to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require;’’2 However, the repeated cuts on legal aid seem to become a burden to this fundamental right.3 To understand this though, it has to be shown what legal aid is, how it works, how it has affected the Criminal Justice System and what the intricacies that have taken place, in relation to this matter are.

[img]
Preview
PDF
Legal Aid Cuts -with copyright statement.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

Download (1MB) | Preview
[img] Microsoft Word (Copyright agreement)
Copyright ageement for Sunderland Student Law Journal (2).docx - Other
Restricted to Repository staff only

Download (28kB) | Request a copy

More Information

Depositing User: Leah Maughan

Identifiers

Item ID: 12059
ISSN: 2634 -193X
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/12059

Users with ORCIDS

Catalogue record

Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2020 12:57
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2020 11:00

Contributors

Author: Eirini Spentzari
Editor: Ashley Lowerson

Actions (login required)

View Item (Repository Staff Only) View Item (Repository Staff Only)