WE ARE A MAGAZINE ABOUT LAW AND JUSTICE | AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
March 22 2024
WE ARE A MAGAZINE ABOUT LAW AND JUSTICE | AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
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Legal aid protest to stop the traffic

Legal aid protest to stop the traffic

A campaign of mass civil disobedience is being organised by UK Uncut to highlight the impact of the legal aid cuts.

  • ‘On 5th October, join UK Uncut as we take mass civil disobedience to show that we won’t take this assault on our equality before the law’ – more HERE.

According to UK Uncut, the government has forced through’ devastating cuts in every area from education to housing, welfare to healthcare, and now they want to stop us challenging their unfair and unnecessary decisions, and to stop us from resisting injustice’. ‘So join the UK uncut collective in blocking roads outside of courts around the country. In an act of direct action, we will stand against these dangerous changes that will destroy democracy and ordinary people’s lives. We know that this will be disruptive. We know that it will stop the traffic. But we know that this kind of direct action works, and that we need to use it to save justice.’

The action is backed by DPAC, Defend the Right to protest, Women Against Rape, Plane Stupid, Kent Refugee Help and BARAC UK.

‘The changes in legal aid are an assault on the poorest and most vulnerable in our society,’ Sarah Price of UK Uncut told the Press Association. ‘By insisting on these so-called ‘cuts’, the Government takes away our ability to challenge their decisions, allowing them to cut deeper and without the legal challenge. Yet these changes are not about saving money: they are designed to rip away the foundations of the democratic system, making the weak and vulnerable voiceless.’

Lynn Jacobs, a UK Uncut supporter, said that she was supporting the action ‘because I have already seen the impact of legal aid changes’. ‘I fled an abusive relationship and was not sure what to do to protect myself. `Because of the changes to legal aid, I could not afford get a court order to protect myself from my ex-partner.’