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Distribution
of the supply of legal aid in Scotland
Research report on the supply and use of civil advice and assistance and civil
legal aid in Scotland 1996/97 to 2000/01
This is the latest report published as part of the Board’s
research programme in December 2002. The research involved the detailed analysis
of data for the period 1996/7 to 2000/1. In addition, comparisons were drawn
where possible with the findings of earlier research focusing on 1991/2. The
report concludes that:
- In terms
of outlets providing a service, the research indicates that the supply of
civil advice and assistance and civil legal aid in Scotland as a whole has
remained relatively stable. This is despite the increase in civil advice and
assistance intimations and the significant fall in civil legal aid applications
between 1991/2 and 2000/1.
- However,
this apparent stability may conceal vulnerability to low provision or some
gaps in provision. These might exist in particular geographic areas. Although
a number of rural areas with few providers are identified as vulnerable, even
those that seem well-supplied overall may contain ‘pockets’ of
low provision. Another issue may be lack of depth or breadth of experience
because of low case numbers (which may be due to lack of demand): specialist
areas of law, such as immigration or mental health, might be expected to be
particularly vulnerable in this regard.
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