Sentences with phrase «of criminal legal aid»

It's going to discuss the outcome of the criminal legal aid tender as well as hearing from the director of Rights of Women about the domestic violence evidence criteria for legal aid.

The main item of business was the imminent announcement of the criminal legal aid cuts.

The federal government contributes directly to the cost of criminal legal aid.

There are hundreds of utterly wonderful and dedicated people working at what's left of the criminal legal aid bar earning peanuts.

In the meantime the future of criminal legal aid will remain uncertain.

In the longer term, the LSC risks reducing the already dwindling numbers of criminal legal aid firms to insufficient levels to cover every geographical area.

«We will continue to implement reform of the criminal legal aid system.

The paper considers three options for the provision of criminal legal aid services: to continue to set prices administratively; switch to a national public defender system; or move to BVT — the option the LSC favours.

The announcement by the Minister for Justice that he intends to transfer the operation of the criminal legal aid system to the Legal Aid Board might seem like it makes sense, but is likely to result in delays and possibly higher costs.

The Minsistry of Justice has today announced plans to reduce the number of criminal legal aid firms dramatically by July 2011.

Having sought the views of its members, the Criminal Bar Association recently issued its statement on the state of the criminal justice system and on the funding of criminal legal aid.

It could permanently damage the provision of criminal legal aid.»

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.

Earlier last month, on 10th April 2018, chambers» criminal practice group confirmed its support for the Criminal Bar Association's proposals in response to the new raft of criminal legal aid cuts and you can read the announcement here.

The Big Firms Group, whose 40 members carry out approximately 25 % of criminal legal aid work, also opposed the LGFS proposals, calling on the Ministry of Justice to «quickly abandon the false premise that the criminal justice system is sustainable on its current course».

Oliver explained the background and current position of the criminal legal aid judicial reviews, in the absence of Jon Black from the LCCSA (who had been invited to attend but was unable to do so due to urgent developments).

All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid — 22 October 2015 On 22 October 2015 there was a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal Aid, which this month focused on the outcome of the criminal legal aid tender and the impact of family legal aid cuts on victims of domestic abuse.

MPs have been briefed on the fragile state of criminal legal aid before this week's crucial Westminster Hall debate on the future of legal aid.

Two pilots in best value tendering and the introduction of Crown Court Means Testing early next year will be vital in our efforts to keep on top of the criminal legal aid budget.

Jason Coppel QC, Jonathan Swift QC, Joanne Clement, Christopher Knight and Rupert Paines have previously acted for representative associations of criminal legal aid solicitors in judicial review challenges to the two - tier contracting model and the process by which it was adopted.

Meanwhile, discussions about the future of criminal legal aid continued following the government's decision to abandon two tier contracts and suspend the second 8.75 % fee cut.

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».

Since criminal defence work currently was the major driver in overall legal aid expenditure, piloting competitive tendering in the area of criminal legal aid would be justified.

The LSC's data sets, especially for criminal legal aid, had been acknowledged to be incomplete, so a full impact assessment of the criminal legal aid reforms on BME clients could not be undertaken.

On - Site Legal Aid: «Once open, on - site legal aid offices will be operating in 26 courthouses serving almost 80 per cent of criminal legal aid clients province - wide.

Nevertheless, the board would welcome the opportunity to play a lead role in the future development of the criminal legal aid service.»

«There is no expertise and very little knowledge of criminal legal aid [in the Legal Aid Board].

Incidentally, I gather that this category of mitigation now only qualifies for a fixed payment of six shillings and eight pence by way of criminal legal aid pay but with a 15 % enhancement if the mitigation gets a laugh.

Lord Bach's answers to questions were notable for his insistence that government policy is to reduce the amount of criminal legal aid and increase expenditure on social welfare law.

Having sought the views of its members, the Criminal Bar Association has today issued its statement on the state of the criminal justice system and on the funding of criminal legal aid.

On the other hand, the feds only contribute to the cost of criminal legal aid and its funding for all 13 jurisdictions totalled $ 112 million, down slightly from the year before.

The scope of criminal legal aid is to remain unchanged, but the civil and family legal aid system will be significantly reformed.

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.

Criminal legal aid: Robin Murray and Julian Berg wrote for The Justice Gap with proposals for radical reform of criminal legal aid.

Criminal legal aid: YLAL committee member Áine Kervick wrote this article for Solicitors Journal about the future of criminal legal aid, following the government's decision to abandon two tier contracts and suspend the second 8.75 % fee cut.

This resulted in the Lord Chancellor overturning the «two tier contracting» of criminal legal aid.

Some may say that the destruction of SMEs, the abandonment of localism, and the removal of choice would all be worth it, if there could be a better system of criminal legal aid; these would be prices worth paying for better criminal justice.