Sentences with phrase «aid contracts»

Do you want to do Family Mediation legal aid work without the burden of running your own legal aid contract?

But, I wonder, is there really any money in running a legal aid contract?

Gove announced that the government was abandoning the two - tier criminal legal aid contracts in a ministerial statement on 28 January 2016.

She writes of a cousin who died of AIDS contracted from a dirty heroin needle, and how she once unwittingly drove him to a drug den in New York, jeopardizing her own career as a prosecutor.

The Government has announced its intention to press ahead with plans to dramatically reduce the number of legal aid contracts allowing criminal defence firms to represent suspects in the police station, while also cutting fees by a further 8.75 %.

Acted for the Claimants / Appellants in their challenge to the Lord Chancellor's decision to cut by two - thirds the number of criminal legal aid contracts for duty provider work.

The LAPG has today written to the Legal Services Commission urging the LSC to think again about imposing the new legal aid contract on the legal professsion in order to prevent significant harm to the interests of clients.

The Bureau for Internal Affairs (BIA), an anti-corruption organisation, has called on President John Dramani Mahama, to as matter of urgency investigate allegations that some government officials are aiding contract killers.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has backed down on several key criminal legal aid contracting reforms, following a sustained campaign by the profession.

We also have a legal aid contract which allows us to advise on community care issues which may arise in relation to your family, and any actions which may be challenged through judicial reviews which can arise through some of the issues discussed above.

The battle over the controversial unified legal aid contracts intensi & shy; fied this week with the Law Society threatening another law suit against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over its stance on the issue.

Family law firms can apply for interim legal aid contracts as of this week after the Legal Services Commission (LSC) opened its tender process

Not only this, but if a person qualifies for free family mediation they will also qualify for free help from a family solicitor with a legal aid contract while the person is going through mediation.

The charity also receives funding from the Legal Services Commission, as it holds Legal Aid contracts in order to perform its work with young people in custody.

Solicitors with a Legal Aid contract in this area of law are usually limited in the number of cases they can take on.

The subject of the meeting will be competitive tendering (BVT) for criminal legal aid contracts.

Changes to the awarding of legal aid contracts has meant that organisations like Islington Law Centre are no longer able to generate sufficient income to cover costs, and therefore have less capacity to taken on new cases.

The award for Legal Aid Team of the Year went to Bindmans for its work litigating to save legal aid in cases concerning inquest funding, the «two tier» criminal legal aid contracts and the residence test.

In response to a letter before action sent to the Legal Aid Agency by Tuckers and others, the LAA have responded to the effect that they will engage in discussions with regards revising the scope of the controversial «embarrassment clause» which was contained in the draft 2016 Criminal Legal Aid contract.

Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), whose legal aid contracts were pulled by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) on 2 August, is likely to close its offices at the end of

Further information about the dispute concerning the criminal legal aid contracts can be found on the Law Society Gazette website here and the Solicitors Journal website here.

Changes to the criminal legal aid contract — due to be introduced in October — are to be further delayed until January 2008, the Legal Services Commission (LSC) says.

A Law Society plan to obtain a last - minute injunction to stay introduction of the unified legal aid contract has been dropped after counsel advised there were no grounds for such an application.

The tendering date for civil and criminal legal aid contracts has been pushed back six months to October 2010 to give the Legal Services Commission (LSC) time to finalise arrangements.

In retaliation barristers» chambers were urged to compete with solicitors for legal aid contracts.

Looking forward, the 2010 civil and criminal legal aid contracts will address flaws and inefficiencies in the existing systems, while defining the relationship we have with legal aid practitioners until 2013.

The LAA has announced that the tender process for civil and family legal aid contracts to take effect in April 2018 will actually start this April, 2017.

The Government has today announced that it will scrap the controversial two - tier system for criminal legal aid contracts, in the face of a concerted challenge to the tender procedure for placing 527 duty provider contracts.

The Government has today announced that it will scrap the controversial two - tier system for criminal legal aid contracts, in the face of a concerted challenge...

The tendering process for the new criminal legal aid contracts was put on hold by the Administrative Court, following an application for interim relief by the LCCSA and CLSA.

Following a letter before claim sent by Public Law Project in respect of the»em barrassment clause» inserted into new criminal legal aid contracts, the Legal Aid Agency agreed to clarify the remit of the clause.

In addition William specialises in public law cases (in relation to which Osbornes has a legal aid contract), as well as having considerable experience and knowledge of the cases concerning welfare benefits.

The number of solicitors» offices holding civil legal aid contracts was in steady decline — from 4,854 in 2001 to 3,632 in March 2006.

The civil legal aid contract is to be extended by a month after the Law Society launched judicial review proceedings over the family legal aid tender.

Lawyers have expressed concerns about government plans for price - competitive tendering of criminal legal aid contracts, which many fear will reduce the quality of representation.

The 18 centres that the LCF identified for possible closure are those most heavily dependent on legal aid contracts (where 60 % or more of their funding comes from the legal aid contracts).

Furthermore, if you qualify for legal aid for family mediation it is free of charge and you will be entitled to receive a few hours free of charge with your solicitor to support you in the mediation process if they hold a legal aid contract.

It seems to me that, what is happening is that some mediators who do not have a legal aid contract and are therefore not able to offer the public the benefit of legal aid, are finding ways around this problem.

Having said this, I also believe that if a family mediator without a legal aid contract, is unsure of whether a person is entitled to legal aid for mediation, they ought to refer that person to another mediator who can carry out a proper legal aid eligibility assessment and offer legal aid, if appropriate.

You will also be entitled to receive a few hours free of charge with your solicitor if they hold a legal aid contract.