LAPG research on the ‘hidden costs’ of delivering legal aid

2025-10-01T10:54:45+01:00September 29th, 2025|

Senior staff working through the weekend. Employees working well beyond their contracted hours. Weeks spent preparing for audits. LAPG research suggests practitioners are spending around a quarter of their time on unpaid work propping up the legal aid system. Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) has today published the findings of a study on ‘non-chargeable [...]