Upon reading the news story a few days ago that Legal Aid was the cause of a serious fraud being halted it really brought it home that the changes are affecting our legal system immediately. I completely understand the fact that legal systems are expensive and money is a finite resource and any way we can find to make them less expensive is a bonus but is it really worth it if those people who need cheaper or free access to legal advice are being forced out of the system? I noticed you retweeted a quote the other day from Derek Bok the President of Harvard in 1983 that said "there is far too much law for those who can afford it, and far too little for those who cannot" this indicates to me that this is not a new problem, so why are we just starting to struggle with the effects of this now?
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