Review of Civil Legal Aid Review

About the Review

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Once complete, the government can consider options from the reviewReview for movingshaping to a more effective, efficient, and sustainable system for legal aid providers and the people who rely on legal aid.

Terms of Reference

Further information on the purpose, outcomes and scope of the reviewReview as a whole can be found in the Overarching Terms of Reference for the Review of Civil Legal Aid (PDF, 125 KB, 6 pages).

Information on the Economic Analysis can be found in the Terms of Reference for an Economic Analysis of Civil Legal Aid (PDF, 114 KB, 5 pages).