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Demand for legal advice and support has soared after cuts to legal aid and the introduction of court fees, according to the charity that coordinates solicitors’ pro-bono clinics. A report by the organisation LawWorks, a charity committed to enabling access to justice through free legal advice, shows a 55% increase in applications over the past financial year. There were more than 43,000 individual enquiries at law firms participating in the scheme in 2014-15.