The Right to Justice: The final report of the Bach Commission

People should have a right to justice they can afford, urges this major new report on access to our justice system.

The Fabian Society acted as the secretariat for the Bach Commission which has heard from more than 100 individuals and organisations over the past two years. The commission has found that cuts to legal aid have created a two-tier justice system where the poorest go without representation or advice.

In its final report, published today, the commission calls on the government and other political parties to ensure minimum standards on access to justice are upheld through a new Right to Justice Act.