ACAL chairman, Peter Garsden, after reading an article in the Law Society’s Gazette, which predicted that Legal Aid cuts would be wielded by any party which got into power in the forthcoming elections, sent a letter (Click here to read the letter) to all policitical parties, asking them to confirm that the claims of the abused, in view of their poverty and vulnerability, would be ring fenced against such cuts.
A reply to the letter is yet to be received at the time of going to press.
See also the following articles, decrying the misguided attitude of government on the same subject
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2010/apr/12/mps-expenses-legal-aid-david-cameron
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/89603