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LSRC Research Paper Series |
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Legal Services Research Centre
(2009)
Routine Diversity Monitoring of the Supplier Base, Legal Services
Commission, LSRC Research Paper No. 25 |
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Kemp, V. (2008)
A scoping study adopting a ‘whole-systems’ approach
to the processing of cases in the Youth Courts, London, Legal
Services Commission, LSRC Research Paper No. 24 |
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Smith, M. and Patel, A. (2008)
Money Advice Outreach Evaluation: Cost and Effectiveness
of the Outreach Pilots, London, Legal Services Commission, LSRC
Research Paper No. 23 |
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Pleasence, P., Balmer, N.J.,
Tam. T., Buck, A., Smith, M. and Patel, A. (2008)
Civil
Justice in England and Wales: Report of the 2007 English and Welsh
Civil and Social Justice Survey, London, Legal Services Commission,
LSRC Research Paper No. 22 |
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Kemp, V. and Balmer, N.J.
(2008)
Criminal Defence Services: Users' Perspectives
(Interim Report), London, Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research
Paper No. 21 |
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Legal Services Research Centre
(2007)
Seventh Annual Diversity Report, London,
Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research Paper No. 20 |
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Pleasence, P., Balmer, N.J.
and Tam, T. (2007)
Civil Justice
in England and Wales: Report of the 2006 English and Welsh Civil and
Social Justice Survey, London: Legal Services Commission, LSRC
Research Paper No. 19 |
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Smith, M. and
Tam, T. (2007)
Findings from
the Legal Advice Sector Workforce Survey, London: Legal Services
Commission, LSRC Research Paper No. 18 |
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Legal Services Research Centre (2007)
Sixth
Annual Diversity Report, London, Legal Services Commission, LSRC
Research Paper No. 17 |
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Buck, A., Tam, T. and Fisher, C. (2007)
Putting Money Advice Where the Need is: Evaluating the Potential
for Advice Provision in Different Outreach Locations, London,
Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research Paper No. 16 |
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Pleasence, P., Buck, A., Balmer, N.J. and Williams,
K. (2007)
A Helping Hand: The Impact of Debt Advice on
People's Lives, London, Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research
Paper No. 15 |
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Pleasence,
P. (2006)
Causes of Action:
Civil Law and Social Justice, Second Edition, LSRC Research
Paper No. 14, Norwich: The Stationery Office. (SUMMARY
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH/FRENCH) |
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Legal Services Research Centre (2005)
Fifth Annual Diversity Report, London, Legal Services
Commission, LSRC Research Paper No. 13 |
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Legal Services Research Centre (2004)
Equal
Opportunities Report 2004, London, Legal Services Commission,
LSRC Research Paper No. 12 |
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Pleasence, P.,
Buck, A., Balmer, N.J., O'Grady, A., and Genn, H. (2004)
Causes of Action: Civil Law and Social Justice
(book of findings of the first LSRC Survey of Justiciable Problems)
(LSRC Research Paper No. 11), Norwich: The Stationery Office. (JAPANESE
EDITION ALSO AVAILABLE) |
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Legal Services Research Centre (2003)
Equal
Opportunities Report 2003, London, Legal Services Commission,
LSRC Research Paper No. 10 |
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Legal Services Research Centre (2002)
Equal
Opportunities Report 2002, London, Legal Services Commission,
LSRC Research Paper No. 9 |
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Pleasence, P. and Quirk H. (2001)
Criminal Case Profiling Study: Final Report, LSRC Research
Paper (Criminal) No.1 |
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Buck, A. and Stark, G (2001)
Means Assessment:
Options for Change, London, Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research
Paper No.8 |
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Pleasence, P., Buck, A., Goriely,
T., Taylor, J., Perkins, H., Quirk, H. (2001)
Local
Legal Need, London, Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research
Paper No. 7 (JAPANESE EDITION ALSO AVAILABLE) |
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Legal Services Reseach Centre (2001)
Report of the Findings of the LSRC Equal Opportunities Survey,London,
Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research Paper No.6 |
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Buck, A. (2000)
Assessing Means Assessment: A summary of
the first phase of the means assessment research project, London:
Legal Services Commission, LSRC Research Paper No.5 |
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Pleasence, P., Buck, A. and
Christie, J. (1999)
Testing the
Code: Final Report, London: Legal Aid Board, LABRU Research
Paper No.4 |
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Pleasence, P. (1998)
Personal Injury Litigation in Practice,
London: Legal Aid Board, LABRU Research Paper No.3 |
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Maclean, S. (1998)
Legal Aid and the Family Justice System,
London: Legal Aid Board, LABRU Research Paper No.2 |
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Pleasence, P., Maclean, S.
and Morley, A. (1996)
Profiling
Civil Litigation: The Case for Research, LABRU Research Paper
No.1 |
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Other LSRC Reports |
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Day, L., Collard, S. and Davies,
V. (2008)
Money Advice Outreach Evaluation: Qualitative
Outcomes for Clients, London, LSRC |
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Day, L., Collard, S. and Davies,
V. (2008)
Money Advice Outreach Evaluation: The Provider
and Partner Perspectives, London, LSRC |
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Turley, C. and
White, C. (2007)
Assessing the
Impact of Advice for People with Debt Problems |
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Phelps, A., Hayward,
B. and Hanson, T. (2005)
2004
English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey: Technical Report |
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Cape, E. and Moorhead,
R. (2005)
Demand Induced Supply?
Identifying Cost Drivers in Criminal Defence Work |
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Williams, T. (2004)
Review of Research into the Impact
of Debt Advice |
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Moorhead, R. and
Sherr, A. (2003)
An Anatomy of
Access: Evaluating Entry, Initial Advice and Signposting Using Model
Clients |
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Other Reports / Books / Chapters in
Books |
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Balmer, N.J. and Patel, A.
(2009)
The Experience of Money
and Debt Problems in Rural Areas, London: LSRC |
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Buck, A., Pleasence, P.
and Balmer, N.J. (eds.) (2009)
Reaching
Further: Innovation, Access and Quality in Legal Services.
London: TSO |
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Legal Services Research Centre
(2009)
Young People Advice and
Mental Health: A Data Digest, London: LSRC |
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Pleasence, P. Balmer, N.J.
and Tam, T. (forthcoming)
Failure
to Recall: Indications from the CSJS of the Relative Severity and
Incidence of
Civil Justice Problems, in Sandefur, R. (ed.) Access
to Justice. Oxford: Elsevier Science |
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Kemp, V., Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (2007)
The Problems of Everyday Life: Crime
and the Civil and Social Justice Survey, London: Centre
for Crime and Justice Studies, Briefing 5/2007 |
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Buck, A., Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (2007)
Report to the Public Legal Education and
Support Task Force: Education Implications from the English and Welsh
Civil and Social Justice Survey, London: PLEAS Task Force. |
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Pleasence,
P., Buck, A. and Balmer, N.J.
(eds.) (2007)
Transforming
Lives: Law and Social Process. London: The Stationery
Office (PAPER ABSTRACTS
AVAILABLE) |
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Pleasence,
P. (2007)
Introduction
to Transforming Lives: Law and Social Process. In Pleasence,
P., Buck, A. and Balmer, N.J. (eds.) Transforming Lives: Law and Social
Process. Norwich: TSO. |
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Pleasence,
P., Balmer, N.J., Buck, A., Smith, M. and Patel, A. (2007)
Mounting Problems: Further Evidence of
the Social, Economic and Health Consequences of Civil Justice Problems.
In Pleasence, P., Buck, A. and Balmer, N.J. (eds.) Transforming
Lives: Law and Social Process. Norwich: TSO.
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Balmer, N.J.,
Tam, T. and Pleasence, P. (2007)
Young
People and Civil Justice: Findings from the 2004 English and Welsh
Civil and Social Justice Survey, London: Youth Access |
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Bottoms, A.
and Kemp, V. (2006)
The Relationship Between Youth Justice
and Child Welfare in England and Wales.
In Hill, A., Lockyer, A. and Stone, F. (eds.) Youth Justice and Child
Protection. London: Jessica Kingsley Publications. |
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Moorhead, R. and
Pleasence, P. (2003)
After Universalism:
Re-Engineering Access to Justice, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing |
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Journal Articles |
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Patel , A., Balmer, N.J.
and Pleasence, P. (2008)
The
Geography of Advice Seeking.
Geoforum, Volume 39, Issue 6 |
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Buck, A., Pleasence, P.,
and Balmer, N.J. (2008)
Do
Citizens Know How to Deal with Legal Issues? Some Empirical Insights.
Journal of Social Policy, Volume 37,
Number 4 |
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Pleasence, P.,Balmer, N.J.
and Buck, A. (2008)
The
Health Cost of Civil-Law Problems: Further Evidence of Links Between
Civil-Law Problems and Morbidity, and the Consequential Use of Health
Services. Journal of Empirical Legal
Studies, Volume 5, Number 2. |
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Pleasence, P. and Balmer,
N.J. (2007)
Mental Health and the Experience of
Housing Problems Involving Rights. People, Place and Policy Online,
Volume 2, Number 1. |
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Buck, A. (2007)
The Policy-Demand for Social Research in Civil Justice: The UK
Perspective. Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie/The German
Journal of Law and Society, Volume 28, Number 2. |
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Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (2007)
Changing
Fortunes: Results from a Randomised Control Trial of the Offer of
Debt Advice in England and Wales.
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 4, Number 3. |
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Balmer, N.J.,
Pleasence, P., Buck, A. and Walker, H.
(2006)
Worried
Sick: The Experience of Debt Problems and their Relationship with
Health, Illness and Disability. Social Policy and
Society, Volume 5, Number 1. |
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Kemp, V. and
Pleasence, P. (2005)
Targeting
Civil Legal Needs: Matching Services to Needs. Obiter,
Volume 26, Number 2 |
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O'Grady, A., Balmer, N.J., Carter, B., Pleasence,
P., Buck, A. and Genn, H. (2005)
Institutional Racism and
Civil Justice. Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 28, Number 4,
July 2005 |
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Kemp, V., Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (2005)
Incentivising
Disputes: The Role of Public Funding in Private Law Children Cases.
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Volume 27, Number 2,
June 2005 |
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Buck, A. Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (2005)
Social
Exclusion and Civil Law: Experience of Civil Justice Problems Among
Vulnerable Groups, Social Policy and Administration, Volume
39, Number 3 |
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Pleasence,
P., Buck, A., Smith, M., Balmer, N.J., and Patel, A. (2004)
Needs Assessment and the Community
Legal Service in England and Wales, International Journal
of the Legal Profession, Volume 11, Number 3 |
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Kemp, V., Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (2004)
What
Drives the Cost of Family Cases? Family Law, Volume 34,
December 2004 |
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Pleasence,
P., Balmer, N.J., Buck, A., O'Grady, A. and Genn, H. (2004)
Civil Law Problems and Morbidity,
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Volume 58, Number 7,
July 2004 |
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Pleasence,
P., Balmer, N.J., Buck, A., O'Grady, A. and Genn, H. (2004)
Multiple Justiciable Problems: Common
Clusters, Problem Order and Social and Demographic Indicators,
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, July 2004 |
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Buck, A. Pleasence,
P., Balmer, N.J., O'Grady, A. and Genn, H. (2004)
Lone
Parents and Civil Law: Their Experience of Problems and Their Advice
Seeking Behaviour, Social Policy and Administration, Volume
38, Number 3, June 2004 |
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O'Grady, A., Balmer, N.J., Pleasence,
P., Buck, A. and Genn, H. (2004)
Disability, Social Exclusion
and the Consequential Experience of Justiciable Problems, Disability
and Society, Vol. 19(3), May 2004 |
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Pleasence, P., Balmer, N.J.,
Maclean, M., Buck, A., O'Grady, A., and Genn, H. (2003)
Family Problems: Who Does What and When: Further Findings from
the LSRC Survey of Justiciable Problems, Family Law, Volume 33,
November 2003 |
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Buck, A. and Stark, G. (2003)
Simplicity Versus Fairness in Means Testing: The Case of Civil
Legal Aid, Fiscal Studies, Volume 24, No.4. |
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Pleasence, P.,
Balmer, N.J., Genn, H., Buck, A. and O'Grady, A. (2003)
The Experience of Clinical Negligence Within
the General Population, Clinical Risk, Vol. 9(6), November
2003 |
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Buck, A. and Kilian, M. (2003)
Staatlich Kostenhilfe im Spannunsfeld von Ausgabenkontrolle, Zugang
zum Rechts and Qualitaetsmanagement, Zeitschrift fuer Vergleichende
Rechtswissenschaften, Volume 102, August 2003 |
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Pleasence, P., Balmer, N.J.,
Maclean, M., Buck, A., O'Grady, A., and Genn, H. (2003)
Family Problems: What Happens and to Whom: Findings from the LSRC
Survey of Justiciable Problems, Family Law, Volume 33, July 2003 |
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Moorhead, R. and Pleasence,
P. (2003)
Access to Justice After
Universalism Journal of Law and Society, Volume 30, Number
1, March 2003 |
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Pleasence, P., Genn, H., Balmer,
N.J., Buck, A. and O'Grady, A. (2003)
Causes
of Action: First Findings of the LSRC Periodic Survey, Journal
of Law and Society, Volume 30, Number 1, March 2003 |
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Dingwall, R., Durkin, T.,
Pleasence, P., Felstiner, W.L.F. and Bowles, R. (2000)
Firm Handling: The Litigation Strategies
of Defence Lawyers in Personal Injury Cases, Legal Studies,
Volume 20, Number 1, 2000 |
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Maclean, S. (2000)
Public Investment in Private Problems: Legal
Aid and the Family Justice System, Journal of Social Welfare
and Family Law, Volume 22, Number 2, May 2000. |
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Pleasence, P. (1999)
The Hazards of Litigation: A Study of Legally
Aided Personal Injury Claims, Journal of Personal Injury Litigation,
1/99, March 1999 |
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Pleasence, P. and Maclean,
S. (1999)
Can Solicitors Pick
Winners?, in New Law Journal, January 29 1999, p.138. |
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Forthcoming Journal Articles |
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Tam, T., Christian, J.,
Balmer, N., & Pleasence, P. (2008)
Civil Justice
Problem Experiences of People Living in Temporary Accommodation.
Journal of Housing Law (in press). |
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Pleasence,
P.
Trials
and Tribulations: Experimental Methodologies in a Socio-Legal Setting
(forthcoming in Partington, M. (ed.) Researching Law and Justice:
Case Studies in Empirical Socio-Legal Research) |
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Pleasence,
P. and Balmer, N.J. (with
Miles, J)
Marriage, Co-habitation
and the Experience of Civil Justice Problems |
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Tam, T., Balmer,
N.J., Pleasence, P. and Buck, A.
The Use of the Internet in
Obtaining Advice for Civil Law Problems |
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Pleasence,
P., Balmer, N.J. and Buck, A.
Uncommon Clusters: Advice
Provision and the Experience of Multiple Legal Problems |
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LSRC Research Briefings Series |
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Pleasence, P. and Balmer,
N.J. (2009)
The Consequences of Rights Problems that
Characterise Recession. London: Legal Services Research Centre
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Pleasence, P.,
Balmer, N.J. and Buck, A. (2007)
Health
Professionals as Rights Advisers: Rights Advice and Primary Healthcare
Services. London: Legal Services Research Centre |
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Legal Services
Research Centre (2005)
Measures
for the LCD/DCA SR2000 PSA Targets 5 and 6 / SR2002 PSA Target 6 /
SR 2004 PSA Target 5, London: Legal Services Research Centre
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Genn, H., Pleasence,
P., Balmer, N.J., Buck, A. and O'Grady, A. (2004)
Understanding
Advice Seeking Behaviour: Further Findings from the LSRC Survey of
Justiciable Problems, London: Legal Services Research Centre
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Legal Services
Research Centre (2002)
Summary
Report on the Legal Services Commission's Small Area Models of Legal
Need, London: Legal Services Research Centre |
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Legal Services
Research Centre (2002)
Summary
Technical and Baseline Report on the Lord Chancellor's Department's
SR2000 PSA Targets 5 and 6, London: Legal Services Research
Centre |
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Pleasence, P. and Maclean,
S. (1999)
Defining the Public
Interest, London: Legal Aid Board Research Unit |
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Maclean, S. and Pleasence,
P. (1998)
Family Standard Fees
in Context, London: Legal Aid Board Research Unit |
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Pleasence, P., Maclean, S.
and Buck, A. (1998)
Testing the
Code: A Preliminary Study, London: Legal Aid Board Research
Unit |
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Other Articles |
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Tam, T., Christian, J., &
Balmer, N. (2008)
Justice
for All? A Study of Those Living on the Brink of Homelessness,
in Roof: Shelter's Housing
Magazine, June 2008 |
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Buck, A.
(2007)
Outreach
advice: the potential for reaching further, in
Legal Action, October 2007 |
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Buck, A. and
Pleasence, P. (2007)
A Helping Hand:
The Impact of Debt Advice on People's Lives,
in Quarterly Account, Issue 5 of 2007 |
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Conference Papers Available
for Download |
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Pleasence, P. (2001)
Targeting and Access to Justice: An Introduction
to Legal Aid Reform in England and Wales, Pan Pacific Legal
Aid Conference, 6-7 December 2001 |
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Pleasence, P. (1999)
The Use of Operational Records in Socio-Legal
Research, Law Society Research Conference, London, 9 July 1999
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