Adverse consequences of Civil Justice problems – pages 36 – 39
Adverse consequences of Civil Justice problems – pages 37 – 40
Adverse consequences of Civil Justice problems – pages 60 – 66
Appendix 1 – Q3 – willingness for LEI – page 16
Appendix 2 – Q6 & 7 – views on legal aid and income – page 17
Argues that litigation funding increases the number of claims without merit (page 4).
Constant increases in court fees could lead to a situation where certain groups in the population may no longer be able to afford to undertake litigation. The Council does not believe the current exemption and remission scheme is sufficient to guarantee access to justice.
Councils experience peaks and troughs in demand for in-house legal services – debate on how to deal with them (page 18).
covers data monitor report on PI trends (page 19).
18% drop in housing disrepair legal aid certificates between 1999 and 2000 (page 289).
21 per cent said an advice source was too expensive. Solicitors were by far the most common target of this complaint. – Page 36
for many of the lone parents, cost was an important factor in whether they would seek advice not only from solicitors, but right across the board. Cost also limited the extent to which advice continued over time. Several focus group participants had not continued with, or reinstructed, solicitors because of cost issues. Even the cost of making telephone calls and/or using the internet was a problem for many.
Page 37
With regard to accessibility, 61 per cent of respondents felt that telephone advice was cheaper than travelling to a local advice agency, but 36 per cent regarded using the telephone as too expensive. – page 62
Demand for legal services sector increasing (page 15).
Some law firms shed 25% of their associates during the downturn in a single year (page 730).
Drivers for demand for criminal defence work
Some law firms shed 25% of their associates during the downturn in a single year (page 730).
Gives breakdown of applications before Court of Appeal – suggesting that demand is elastic (page 20 – 21).
Summary of how demand for certain types of law advice had increased as the recession took hold (page 21 onwards).
In an English report (P. Fenn, A. Gray, and N. Rickman, The Impact of Sources of Finance on Personal Injury Litigation: An Empirical Analysis, Research Report, Department for Constitutional Affairs (U.K.), 2002.) it turned out that legal aid finance increased delay by around 11% relative to legal expenses insurance, controlling for all other factors.
An explanation is that claims that are legally aided are relatively immune to cost pressures. The Swedish experience shows that a
shift from legal aid to legal expenses insurance results in less court
cases. Page 9
Summary of number of RTA claims (page 9).
Incidents of legal assistance in 2008 – 2.5m, in 2009, 2.9m (page 52).
Survey shows how demands for different type of Citizens Advice has varied between two quarters (page 2). Further trends (page 4 onwards).
Indication of cost as last resort -
Less formal free routes exploited in the first instance for small businesses – slide 23
Formal legal service providers used for routine and reactive advice seen as quick and efficient but expensive and associated with very negative issues. Slide 24
Limited understanding of different types of lawyer – slide 26
Usual route is to use less formal legal service first including friend family peers colleagues, accountants, internet, trade associations legal help lines government departments CABs- slides 27-33
Perceived high cost is seen as main barrier to accessing legal services – slide 36
This report suggests demand for services in this sector is broadly consistent (page 71).
Number of legal aid cases dealt with, between 1996 – 2001 (page 6).
Report documents demand for family law services, but does not indicate which legal service providers were used.
covers supplier-induced demand (page 11) – i.e. taking on cases with little merit.
Report indicates that while the volume of private family law cases in which counsel has been involved has remained stable since 2001, the number of publically funded family law cases in which counsel has been involved has increased (page 5). Graph on page 6.
Decline in demand for civil claims in the county court between 1997 – 2003 – page 3.
Report suggests that when telephone advice for police station is offered, take-up increases compared with in-person advice (page 35). CDS Direct caseload projections (page 35)
Demand for divorce advice summarised over time (page 30). Demand for criminal court services (page 33).
Report suggests that, as unemployment goes up, so does the number of CAB enquires (page 1) and to other advice providers (page2).