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Independent.ie : Wexford solicitors withdraw key services over legal aid reform concerns
Suggests reforms may harm vulnerable individuals' legal rights
The article emphasizes solicitors’ commitment to justice while warning that reforms could impair representation for 'persons in custody and before the courts.' This frames the issue as having societal consequences, particularly for marginalized defendants.
“the ability of practitioners to provide effective and timely representation to persons in custody and before the courts.”
NZ Herald : Media Insider: TVNZ v Julian Batchelor defamation case - Jim Grenon fights costs claim
Funding litigation framed as a civic duty to include marginalized voices
Grenon’s lawyer frames the funding as a 'personal civic duty' in a context of 'the greatest crisis of access to justice', positioning financial support as a democratic good that enables citizens to enforce their rights. This elevates access to justice as a protected social value.
“He simply provided it like many New Zealanders do, as part of his personal civic duty. ... I say more power to those who are here to assist other citizens to be able to access this court to enforce their rights because if they can’t, then they might as well not have rights.”