Why access to legal aid is impossible for those who need it most | Letter

Thanks to a terrible piece of legislation passed a decade ago, hundreds of thousands of people do not receive the early legal advice that should be their right, says Willy BachYour article (‘It makes me want to cry’: inside crumbling courts as judges wrestle with rise in rent eviction cases, 3 March) is particularly well timed. On 1 April we will “celebrate” the 10th anniversary of perhaps the worst piece of legislation passed by parliament in more than a decade, the Lega