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Activity in the legal aid system for England and Wales, including criminal and civil legal aid, family mediation, providers of legal aid, client characteristics and Central Funds payments.
This report summarises key descriptive information about providers - solicitors, solicitor firms and barristers - who work on civil legal aid.
The report explores the experiences of advocates who represent civil legal aid users in court.
The report explores key issues in the civil legal aid market, such as demand and supply trends, recruitment and retention, and the financial viability of delivering civil legal aid for providers.
These data files are the source for the key statistics on activity in the legal aid system for England and Wales in .csv (Comma delimited) format.
Second release of annual legal aid statistics for Northern Ireland covering applications granted and authorised expenditure for criminal and civil cases, alongside applicant and supplier characteristics.
First release of annual legal aid statistics for Northern Ireland covering applications granted and authorised expenditure for criminal and civil cases, alongside applicant and supplier characteristics.
This report, produced by the Open Innovation Team, examines policy approaches taken in other legal aid systems.
This report, produced by PA Consulting, explores providers experiences of operating in the civil legal aid market.
Activity in the legal aid system for England and Wales, including criminal and civil legal aid and family mediation.
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