Legal Services Commission
Legal Services Commission
We run the legal aid scheme in England and Wales.
We provide information, advice and legal representation to help two million people each year access justice.
The Community Legal Service (CLS) helps people with civil legal problems such as family breakdown, debt and housing. The Criminal Defence Service (CDS) helps people who are under police investigation or facing criminal charges.
Find out more about the LSC...
Recent interview
The Legal Services Commission outlines how it is marking the 60th anniversary of legal aid.ePolitix.com speaks to Carolyn Regan chief executive of the Legal Services Commission about the 60th anniversary of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 and the importance of legal aid to a fair society.
2nd March 2009
ePolitix.com speaks to the chairman of the LSC, Sir Bill Callaghan, about legal aid reform
Latest Press Releases
- Legal Services Commission seeks to raise the bar for advocacy standards
- Thousands of people helped to keep their homes
- Shaping the future of very high cost (crime) cases
- LSC announces invitations to tender for immigration and asylum contracts from 2010
- Legal Services Commission proposes introduction of collaborative law from 2010
- LSC announces tendering timetable for 2010 civil and criminal legal aid contracts
- Family legal aid reforms put vulnerable families and children first
- Legal aid – 60 years of justice for all
- Consultation response helps secure future of legal aid
- Legal Services Commission - prison law reform
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