Thursday, 28 June 2018

High Court Overturns Housing Legal Aid Changes


The High Court has overturned controversial planned changes to legal aid for housing support. In a judgement published on Friday, the judge, Mrs Justice Andrews, found in favour of the challenge to the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) decision to make changes to the way housing advice is procured. These controversial changes would have consolidated and reduced housing legal aid schemes, and introduced price competition. The MOJ will now reconsider the remitted proposal. The proposed changes relate to the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS), local schemes which provide immediate legal advice to people at risk of losing their home. Read more on Inside Housing.

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