The Scottish Association of Law Centres (SALC) welcomes the recent report from the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the state of civil legal assistance in Scotland. The report follows a detailed inquiry that included a call for views and three evidence sessions. SALC contributed a written response, and Aaliya Seyal,…
The Scottish Association of Law Centres (SALC) recently contributed to an important Call for Views by the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee for the Inquiry into Civil Legal Aid in Scotland. The Call for Views is part of a new inquiry which aims to explore what is and is not working within the…
The title of the Herald’s recent ‘Beyond Breaking Point: Scotland’s Legal Aid Crisis’ series reflects the reality of legally-aided lawyering in Scotland. The concerns expressed in those articles over the bureaucracy of the legal aid system, the inadequate pay rates and legal aid deserts will be familiar to those working in the sector. One problematic…
