Move reflects concerns over bereaved people struggling to fund legal representation
Bereaved people have been “failed” by successive governments and by 1 October they should all receive public funding for legal representation at inquests where a public body is represented, MPs have said.
The deadline set by the justice committee reflects longstanding concerns about people who have been bereaved struggling to fund legal representation, including in large, complex cases such as the Hillsborough disaster, while authorities they face in court are represented at taxpayers’ expense.
