access to justice and funding

Question 1

what is the main act relating to access to justice

Answer 1

access to justice act 1999

Question 2

what did the access to justice act 1999 do

Answer 2

• improved quality
• improved accessibility
• ## tighter control of budegt

Question 3

what idea can access to justice be linked with

Answer 3

AV Diceys rule of law.

Question 4

what was another main act which reformed the access to justice

Answer 4

legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders act 2012 (LASPO)

Question 5

what did LASPO do

Answer 5

• removes some cases from lagal aid funding
• created the means test and merits test to decide if someone can qualify for civil legal aid
• looks at civil and criminal legal aid

Question 6

pros and cons of LASPO

Answer 6

pros
- encourages people to use other methods such as ADR
- alternative sources of funding has increased in business
cons:
- many people now don’t haver legal aid increasing the time of each case
- limits the number of people who can get legal aid
- some firms are going out of business as there’s not enough people who can have legal aid and others cant afford it.