Legal aid access for digitally excluded
Insufficient provision and access to legal aid for digitally excluded individuals, exacerbated by reliance on remote advice.
4 items
1 source
3 inquiries
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Where this theme appears
Legal aid access for digitally excluded has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
4 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (4)
HIA-11 — Legal Aid for Applicants
Recommendation: We recommend that applicants should be eligible for legal aid to allow them to obtain legal assistance to make an application for an award.
Gov response: No formal government response published.
Accepted
AC-1c — Legal Support Signposting
Recommendation: IBCA include a prominent reference to the availability of legal support paid by IBCA on all registration and application forms and in public information about the compensation scheme and that the Solicitors Regulation Authority remind solicitors of their obligations.
Gov response: The remaining 11 recommendations focus on IBCA delivery. Further detail on these will be set out by IBCA in due course.
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
MACP-43 — Provide Legal Aid for victims' families for representation at appropriate inquests.
Recommendation: That consideration be given to the provision of Legal Aid to victims or the families of victims to cover representation at an Inquest in appropriate cases.
Unknown
IR2-15 — Support Services for Applicants
Recommendation: I recommend that the scheme should include provision of the following support services to be provided without charge to the applicant: a) an advice and advocacy service, supplemented where necessary by discretionary access to independent legal advice and representation, where …
Gov response: With respect to recommendations 15 and 17 of the Second Interim Report, the Government acknowledges the immense psychological harm that has been caused as a result of this scandal, and is committed to offering psychological …
Accepted