At a time of heightened public concern about issues concerning child protection, it is more important than ever, and clearly in the public interest, that those solicitors and barristers with expertise in representing the interests of vulnerable families and children are not driven away from undertaking this work.
At a time of heightened public concern about issues concerning child protection, it is more important than ever, and clearly in the public interest, that those solicitors and barristers with expertise in representing the interests of vulnerable families and children are not driven away from undertaking this work.
That is the risk being taken by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) and this government in driving through ill thought out family fee reforms.
On behalf of the many specialist family barristers I represent, I have made it clear that we do not seek more money; what we seek are two things:
(i) a properly graduated advocacy scheme that does not over-reward the less complex cases at the expense of the more complex cases—this will hopefully stem the flow of experienced practitioners leaving this work, and
(ii) a proper
