On 1 April 2013, the legal landscape changed significantly. Many categories of law were taken out of the civil legal aid system in England and Wales, a system set up 65 years ago to assist people unable to afford to pay for a lawyer.
The areas from which legal aid was removed include private family law (issues such as parents' contact with their children), parts of education law, welfare benefits, most of housing law and much of immigration law. Some areas, notably special educational needs, were protected but those in need of legal assistance now have to access it through a centralised telephone gateway.
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