Legal aid group calls for law changes

THE head of the country’s 60 free legal aid centres yesterday warned that failure to develop public interest law will result in continued marginalisation of people already deprived of their rightful access to law.

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) director general Noeline Blackwell said much remained to be done to develop public interest law to help vulnerable groups get justice.

“It’s another way of ensuring people’s rights are protected. Law is not just about going to court. Public interest law covers all the ways in which one can access legal structures,” she said. Ms Blackwell was speaking as a report on public interest law is launched.