Book Documenting Founding of Liverpool Access to Advice Network Published

Liverpool Access to Advice Network is delighted to announce the publishing of Access to Advice, Health Inequalities and Poverty: Everyday Law in an Unequal Society. Written by Drs Jennifer Sigafoos, James Organ, and Sophie Wickham, the book explores the changes to access to justice and advice in the UK that they identified throughout a five-year socio-legal research project.

After over a decade of unprecedented cuts, this important book examines the radical transformation of legal advice funding and delivery in the UK.

Using Liverpool as a case study, the authors analyse the impact of these changes on access to justice, social rights and health inequalities. The book draws on a five-year socio-legal research project to highlight the critical role of local advice networks and co-located services in addressing poverty, and wider inequalities. Offering a fresh perspective on access to justice, it advocates for a more collaborative community-based approach to rebuilding social citizenship.

The book details the circumstances that led to the founding of Liverpool Access to Advice Network, and provides a documentation of the events that occurred throughout the early development of the network.

Drs Jennifer Sigafoos and James Organ are trustees of Liverpool Access to Advice Network and have served on the network's steering group since its very beginning. You can read more about the history of Liverpool Access to Advice Network and Jennifer and James' work by clicking here.

Access to Advice, Health Inequalities and Poverty: Everyday Law in an Unequal Society was published on Thursday 13th November by Bristol University Press. You can learn more about the book and purchase a copy by clicking here to visit Bristol University Press' website.