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legal aid 60 years

Sixty years of legal aid

The first mobile Citizen's Advice Bureau in 1941.How we're celebrating

To mark the 60th anniversary of legal aid, the Legal Services Commission is leading a campaign to:

Tell us your story

You can have your say about these issues on this website.

How can I get involved?

An exhibition about legal aid is coming to a town near you.

You can learn about ground breaking legal cases that helped hundreds of people and set significant legal precedents.

How Legal Aid Helps

Each year legal aid helps people with housing, debt and family problems. It also funds legal advice at the police station.

Read more about how legal aid helps

Need Legal Advice?

Read free information leaflets

Are you on a low income or benefits? You could get legal aid.

Call the helpline on: 0845 345 4 345

Did you know

Legal aid helps over 2 million people each year.

Legal aid was established with the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.    

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