Transforming Legal Aid Consultation Period Extended

The MOJ has now extended the period for consultation following clarifying a number of matters including the fact that certain figures included VAT and other expenses . The New Consultation can be accessed here : https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/transforming-legal-aid-next-steps/consult_view The deadline is now 1st November . Essential to this is also a Survey into Duty Contracts by Andrew Otterburn and it is essential firms

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Letter from the President – Legal Aid

New Law Society President Nick Fluck has written to all Local Law Societies concerning the announcement over legal aid . You can access his statement on the announcement and the Position of the Law Society by following the link below Presidents and Secretaries Local Law Societies Legal Aid 05 09 13

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Transforming Legal Aid – Reports of Changes to Approach

Early Reports are now circulating in advance of tomorrows announcement indicating that there are to be some  changes to the Governments current proposals . How significant those changes are will be a matter of pure speculation however in this Mornings Parliamentary Debate there was certainly an indication from a Government Minister that the responses to the consultation had been taken

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Transforming Legal Aid – Response Due ?

There are reports circulating on Twitter from informed sources that the Ministry of Justice will be delivering its response to the current consultation on Thursday and issuing  a new short consultation on its final proposals . It has apparently not taken too long to digest the thousands of responses . The Lord Chancellor has already declined to wait for further

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