Scottish Lawyers to Refuse Sex Crime Cases

	posted by Matt on 09:59 AM June 2nd, 2006
	AngryMan writes "If you get falsely accused in Scotland, you won't even get a lawyer to defend you, unless you are rich enough to pay for it yourself. Lawyers are planning to refuse sexual offence cases unless the government pays them more. Story here."

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In Canada, It's Been That Way for A Long Time (Score:1) by RandomMan on 06:05 PM June 2nd, 2006 EST (#1) Legal Aid here is only realistically available if your income is less than $8K a year. If you get falsely accused here, you can look forward to watching your savings disappear in short order. Naturally, women are entitled to free legal assistance with any "gender"-related matters (i.e. DV, restraining orders, etc. etc.), excluding actual divorce proceedings, but costs are generally awarded to the woman anyhow, so they still get free legal counsel, while we get the bill.

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