Maximum rates for experts and cuts to criminal work among proposed changes
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.
Legal Aid Minister Lord Bach marked the 60th anniversary of the introduction of legal aid, this week, with a pledge that vulnerable people “most in need” would get the right help at a cost that was fair to practitioners and fair to the taxpayer.
MPs have condemned proposals to cut legal aid as “flawed, weak and inflexible”.
Logic dictates that the personal injury small claims limit will have to rise, says Peter Thompson QC
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