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Retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Peter Gross is leading the
promised review of the 20-year-old act, which will report in the summer. The review’s call for evidence was the subject of a Young Legal Aid Lawyers event this week.
Highlighting the importance of public legal education, Bristol Law Centre solicitor Barbara Likulunga told the event that there was a lack of understanding on how much the Human Rights Act affects people on the ground.
‘The law in itself is so complicated, it’s not accessible… When we talk to people, it’s our job to translate it. But when people come through the door and hear the terminology we use, it probably goes over their head,’ she said.