Hagsgård refers to the fact that the current income limit for receiving legal aid in court, at a maximum of SEK 260,000 per year, has not been raised since 1999.
"Society's safety net for individuals in need of legal assistance has thus gradually been eroded as nominal incomes have increased," writes Hagsgård, who is the President of the Court of Appeal.
He will submit his report to the government on Monday.
Hagsgård also wants it to be easier to get legal aid in administrative courts, and that "individual parties in administrative cases should in certain cases be entitled to public compensation for their justified legal costs."
"No one should have to lose their rights because they lack financial resources. Access to legal assistance should not be a matter of budget. It is therefore high time to expand the possibilities for legal aid and open up a right to compensation for costs in administrative cases," he writes.
The investigator also proposes that the right to injured party counsel be strengthened, and that injured party support be introduced for the appeal process.
