A still from 'Legal Aid Team', raising awareness of the attack on justice
The people have signalled in the clearest terms (89 per cent) that access to Justice and a fair trial are important issues. See the recent poll published in the Guardian by respected ‘YouGov’ which makes that very clear.
This evidence destroys the clichéd myth that people do not care until they themselves need a legal aid lawyer. In fact the people of this country are fundamentally decent and are increasingly becoming alarmed at the damage being done to our internationally renowned legal system. They have been slow to register concern on this before partly because the health service occupies the headlines for understandable reasons. (Although interestingly 84 per cent of people said legal aid and a fair trial are a British fundamental right compared to an 82 per cent rating for health care at the point of use.)
