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Justice on the line? A comparison of telephone and face-to-face advice in social welfare legal aid

Marie BurtonSchool of Law, Middlesex University, Hendon, UK;Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 195-215 | Published online: 28 Feb 2018

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