Not exact matches
In contemplation of the imminent announcement to abandon the Two Tier contracting process, the Big Firms» Group
calls on the Ministry of Justice to implement a further, short, «freeze» of the
duty solicitor rotas pending swift consultation with regards the structure of
duty solicitor scheme rules that should stand alongside the 2015 Own Client Contract,... Read more»
The judge said that the Mr Harris: ``... in the course of discharging his
duties as a reasonably competent conveyancing
solicitor, should have considered whether it was appropriate to include a «
call - in» clause», and, accordingly, should have amended the draft contract supplied by the vendor, by introducing such a provision.
These include: the new police station fixed fees; expansion of the
duty solicitor call centre and Criminal Defence Service Direct; and introduction of the very high cost case contracting panel.
Key performance indicators for crime — namely: work relating to costs assessment reductions not exceeding 15 % and accepting 90 % of your
calls from the Defence
Solicitor Call Centre when your
duty solicitors are nominated on a
duty solicitor rota.
The Legal Services Commission is proposing to filter all police station telephone advice via the
duty solicitor call centre, with the aim of saving # 4m per annum.
Second, third - parties will be able to refer cases direct to the
solicitor — with the proviso that the
solicitor telephones those cases through to the
duty solicitor call centre «as soon as possible» and before any advice is provided.
«Due to the required notice period, this delay means that the contractual and policy changes for police station remuneration,
duty solicitor call centre expansion and very high cost case panel (commencing 1 November) will now be implemented from 15 October 2007 — not 1 October as previously stated.»