Justice Sector Outlook March 2016 [pdf, 682 KB]
...has increased Legal aid expenditure is higher than in recent years, as forecast. This is due to: • A decrease in the number of cases allocated to the Public Defence Service, resulting from resource constraints. • An increase in the number of applications for legal aid, partly due to an increased Police focus on family violence. Legal aid expenditure is forecast to remain at about the current level, on the assumption of steady volumes and steady average costs per case. Crown Law...