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You are here: Home / News / Mental health /People with mental health problems are finding it increasingly difficult to get lawyers to represent them at tribunals because of changes to the legal aid system introduced by the Legal Services Commission.
Under the changes mental health lawyers are allocated a set number of cases each year and once firms have used up their annual quota, which many did halfway through this year, they are expected to refer clients to other solicitors.
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