Sentences with phrase «criminal legal aid practitioners»

Criminal legal aid practitioners are furious, as most are feeling the impact of the reducing numbers of cases going through the system and can see no justification for the cuts.

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The NAO argues that the commission has paid practitioners # 25m too much and concluded that the LSC should «do more to understand the market for criminal legal aid to make the most of its ability to control price and quality».

In the event that the Lord Chancellor's proposals proceed, the Law Society will press the MoJ to work with the Society to develop a support package, and commission and publish, before any further cuts in legal aid rates, an impact assessment of the initial cuts and other changes on the working of the criminal justice system and defence solicitor practitioners.»

Meanwhile, ongoing meetings will take place between the CLSA, London Criminal Court Solicitors Association, Criminal Bar Association and Legal Aid Practitioners Group to decide what happens next.

It is paramount that the open and constructive dialogue with practitioners that led to this decision continues as the MoJ moves forward in determining the way forward for criminal legal aid.

The government had decided, following its defeat in the previous judicial review brought by the practitioner groups and the subsequent re-consultation, to increase the number of duty contracts for criminal legal aid work from 525 to 527.

It thought that «in light of the economic fragility of the criminal legal aid supplier base, the planned reductions in income for criminal defence practitioners may prove to be unsustainable».