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Cyber-attack has put legal aid on brink of collapse, lawyers say
The Guardian
|August 04, 2025
Lawyers have said a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency has pushed the sector into chaos, with barristers unpaid, cases turned away and fears that a growing number of firms could desert legal aid work altogether.
In May, the agency announced that the personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales dating back to 2010 had been accessed and downloaded in a significant cyber-attack.
Much of the legal aid system remains offline as services are being rebuilt, with lawyers unable to access records or bill for their services, particularly in civil cases.
Chris Minnoch, the chief executive of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said he had had members calling him in tears, staying up into the night waiting for payments to come through and having to negotiate extended overdrafts.
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