Abstract
The UK has adopted a hands-off approach towards the provision of legal aid amongst the Overseas Territories (OTs), allowing the government of each OT to make such provision as it deems necessary. The effect of this policy has been that the provision of legal aid amongst the OTs is a somewhat patchwork affair. There is no consensus about the extent of the responsibility to support publicly funded legal services, or how it is to be discharged.
In this article an outline of the key elements of legal aid provision in those OTs with active legal aid schemes is provided, and a number of key issues that the authors identify as crucial to the development of legal aid amongst the OTs are discussed.
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