The LSC has published new specifications to
the Unified Civil Contract and to the Family mediation specifications.
Not exact matches
Two sets of proceedings before the court concerned the new
unified contract, introduced on 1 April 2007, for the provision of publicly funded
civil legal aid work.
The new
unified contract for the provision of publicly funded
civil legal aid work did not conform to the principle of transparency, pursuant to regs 4 (3) and 9 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006, (SI 2006/5)(the Regulations).
It says that, unlike the
civil unified contract, the general criminal
contract (GCC) was entered into some time before the legal aid reform programme was announced, therefore providers would not have been aware of the proposed reforms at the time they signed.
All
civil providers are expected to sign the new
unified contract by 31st March 2006.