The Law Society has called a Special General Meeting following a requisition by members to consider a vote of no confidence in the Law Society Chief Executive and President as a result of its handling of the negotiations with the Lord Chancellor in respect of the Criminal Legal Aid Reforms . RESOLUTION That the meeting has no confidence in the
Read moreThe second consultation by the Lord Chancellor closes by 18th October. We have less than 4 weeks to respond to a second version of the assault on our businesses / livelihoods. Dont be lulled into a false sense of security by the Headlines that PCT is dead, client choice is retained or that the Law Society has given
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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
Read moreThe Lord Chancellor has given his long expected U-Turn on PCT but whilst PCT as a whole is now longer to happen the revised proposals are far from ending the idea of competition for contracts . There will now be 2 contracts . An own Client contract to preserve expertise and specialism together with a Duty Solicitor Contract which will
Read moreEarly 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
Read moreThere 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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