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Consultation over legal aid due

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Solicitors and barristers have a few weeks to respond to controversial government proposals to restrict legal aid in criminal cases. Ian Kelcey, the chairman of the National Law Society Criminal Law Committee, examines the potential for miscarriages of justice, including the possibility that people would be financially restricted in their choice of solicitor.

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