A new charity has been set up to improve access to justice for people in Fife who can't afford to pay for legal services.

The Fife Law Centre will also help those who can't access legal aid or other forms of legal representation and is currently recruiting staff to allow it to open in the autumn of 2009.

It will use a mixture of legal aid and grant funding to provide legal advice and representation by solicitors in ways that complement existing private sector legal services, as well as developing new methods of legal services provision.

The law centre, which would be the first in the region, will work closely with other local organisations such as Fife Council, CARF (Citizen’s Advice and Rights Fife), Frontline Fife, Victim Support and others.

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