Legal Aid is only eligible for people on low incomes. For everyone else they need to fund their own defence. Legal Aid has freely acknowledged the pressure on their criminal law service and “putting the quality of service people receive at risk and reducing the number of people [they] can help”. Our experience has shown that Legal Aid, while free, can produce mixed outcomes like with any legal service depending on the experience of the solicitor a client is assigned. Legal Aid is also under significant funding and time pressures and lawyers while highly skilled are operating in challenging circumstances. MyDefence is supportive of Legal Aid and the work they do, however our goal is to offer choice of representation to clients on the financial margins. With MyDefence you get a top criminal lawyer referred to you and dedicated to getting you the best outcome without compromise.
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