Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

Janaki Mahadevan
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Justice for children and young people will be seriously undermined because the government has failed to recognise them as a group distinct from adults in its reforms to legal aid, the Children's Society has claimed.

Clarke: announced response to the consultation on reform of the legal aid system this week. Image: HBM MT Julian Dodd
Clarke: announced response to the consultation on reform of the legal aid system this week. Image: HBM MT Julian Dodd

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