Access to Justice Act 1999

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The Access to Justice Act 1999 is a UK statute that reformed the legal aid system and the provision of legal services, aiming to improve public access to justice while controlling costs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
administeredBy Legal Services Commission ⓘ
aimedAt improving efficiency of the justice system ⓘ
targeting legal aid to those most in need ⓘ
amended County Courts Act 1984 ⓘ
Legal Aid Act 1988 ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 1981 ⓘ
citation 1999 c. 22 ⓘ
containsPart Part I – The Legal Services Commission ⓘ
Part II – Funding of Legal Services ⓘ
Part III – The Legal Profession ⓘ
Part IV – Appeals etc. ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody Legal Services Commission ⓘ
effect restructuring of civil appeals system in England and Wales ⓘ
encouraged use of conditional fee agreements ⓘ
establishedScheme Community Legal Service ⓘ
Criminal Defence Service ⓘ
introducedConcept Community Legal Service Fund ⓘ
Criminal Defence Service funding arrangements ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
limited availability of civil legal aid in certain categories of cases ⓘ
longTitle An Act to establish a new system for funding and providing legal services; to make provision about legal services; and for connected purposes ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
primaryPurpose control of legal aid costs ⓘ
improvement of public access to justice ⓘ
reform of the legal aid system ⓘ
providesFor appeals to the Court of Appeal ⓘ
regulation of rights of audience ⓘ
regulation of rights to conduct litigation ⓘ
reforms legal aid funding structure ⓘ
provision of legal services ⓘ
region United Kingdom ⓘ
repealedInPartBy Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ⓘ
replacedBody Legal Aid Board ⓘ
royalAssent 27 July 1999 ⓘ
section Section 54 – Second appeals to the Court of Appeal ⓘ
shortTitle Access to Justice Act 1999 ⓘ
status partially in force ⓘ
subjectMatter civil justice ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ
legal aid ⓘ
legal services regulation ⓘ
typeOfLegislation public general Act ⓘ
yearOfAct 1999 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 → amendedBy → Access to Justice Act 1999 ⓘ
County Courts Act 1984 → amendedBy → Access to Justice Act 1999 ⓘ
Woolf Reforms of civil procedure → basedOn → Access to Justice Report 1996 ⓘ
linked to: Access to Justice Act 1999
Access to Justice Act 1999 → shortTitle → Access to Justice Act 1999 ⓘ
Legal Services Commission → foundedBy → Access to Justice Act 1999 ⓘ
Legal Services Commission → legalBasis → Access to Justice Act 1999 ⓘ