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Opinion / Access to justice
If the justice system is only accessible to those who can afford it, what happens to the rest of us? A democracy cannot promise equality before the law while access to that law depends on the size of a bank account.
Having a legal right and being able to afford to enforce it are two very different things.From "A right you cannot afford to enforce", The Missing Majority, Part 1
Opinion
If the profession knows most households cannot afford it, what exactly does it expect those people to do? Give up, accept the loss, or turn up and try. The third option is the one being mocked.
Opinion
Six months of "AI slop" coverage, and almost no one asked why the people filing had no lawyer. An increase in applications is not evidence they should never have been brought.
The Price of Justice
You can spread the cost of a television over twelve months. A solicitor wants the deposit up front, in a country where a fifth of households could not find $2,000 in a week.
Opinion
Thirty years of reports, commissions and position papers identified the gap. Identifying a problem is not the same as fixing it. It is time to test whether the gap is now most of the country.
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