Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949
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The Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 was a British
Act of Parliament
which provided people unable to pay for a solicitor with free legal aid.
United Kingdom
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Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
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which provided people unable to pay for a solicitor with free legal aid.