Justice 'unattainable for too many', warns Flac

Justice 'unattainable for too many', warns Flac

Free Legal Advice Centres CEO Eilis Barry. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography.

Tue, 29 Jun, 2021 - 06:30
James Ward

The Free Legal Advice Centre has said access to justice "is unattainable for too many" as it saw the number of inquiries it received relating to employment law increase by almost 40% last year.

Flac's 2020 Annual Report reveals it received 12,268 inquiries to its helpline in 2020. 

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