Framing suggests proposed reforms threaten sustainability of legal aid
The article highlights solicitors’ claims that flat-fee proposals will 'undermine the viability' of legal aid practice. This conveys professional skepticism toward the reform, though balanced with official justification.
“Members are of the firm view that the proposed measures will significantly undermine the viability of the criminal legal aid practice and, consequentially, the ability of practitioners to provide effective and timely representation to persons in custody and before the courts.”
