The Lord Chancellor decided, following the two - stage Transforming Legal Aid consultation in 2013, to reduce the number of Duty Provider Work contracts from about 1,600 to 525 and also to impose a reduction in criminal legal aid fees of 17.5 %. (younglegalaidlawyers.org)
The government says the reforms will narrow the gap between legal aid fees paid to barristers and solicitors for doing similar advocacy work. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Today LTF makes grants from revenue from IOLTA as well as the annual Legal Aid Fee assessed on active Illinois lawyers at the direction of the Supreme Court. (ltf.org)