Criminal legal aid review - proposals for early action (office.com) The closing date is 12th March 2022
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The Economist – Feb 12th 2022 edition – Unless lawyers are paid better, courts will grind to a halt
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On Wednesday 9th February 2022 CLSA Chair Daniel Bonich appeared at the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid alongside the Legal Aid Minister James Cartlidge, CBA Chair Jo Sidhu and LCCSA President Hesham Puri.
Read below what he said : Thank you very much for the invitation to be here and it’s a pleasure and an honour to be here alongside some of our distinguished speakers. I have the immense honour of being the chair of the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association. We...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid will be hosting a meeting on 9 February 2022 to consider the CLAR report
The Minister with responsibility for criminal legal aid, James Cartlidge MP, will be speaking along with representatives from a range of practitioner groups. Confirmed speakers: - Minister James Cartlidge MP - Stephanie Boyce , President of The Law Society - Mark...
CLSA Press Release 20 January – CBA ballot
CLSA Press Release CBA ballot We are aware of the CBA ballot having had a number of very constructive meetings with the CBA recently. These will be continuing in the coming weeks. We have much in common, and there is certainly more that unites us than divides us. We...
PROTOCOL UPDATE AND SEASON’S GREETINGS
First and foremost, the CLSA Committee wishes you all, members and non-members alike, solictors, barristers and those working in the Criminal Justice System a Merry Christmas, and in anticipation, a Happy New Year. Those good wishes include good health and so it is...
Transform Justice
Transform Justice, is a national charity working for a fair, humane, open and effective justice system. We are working with police forces around the country in order to improve their use of diversions and out of court disposals, with the aim of getting more crime...
A new tool to support sentencing in the Crown Court
New tool to support sentencing in the Crown Court The Sentencing Council is providing a new tool to support the process of sentencing in the Crown Court. SentencingACE allows judges to make a quick, ready-reckoner style check of the sentence they intend to impose. It...
PROTOCOL UPDATE – Friday 17th December 2021
Click here to download a copy Like all of you, members and non-members alike, we have been concerned about the rise in COVID rates beyond an already awful 50,000 cases (of Delta) per week. Much has changed in the last 2 weeks. As Donald Rumsfeld once said : “as we...
CLSA Press Release – Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid – 15 December 2021
CLSA Press Release-Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review-15 Dec 2021 Today the government had published the long-awaited report by Sir Christopher Bellamy into Criminal Legal Aid. The Criminal Law Solicitors Association would like to thank Sir Christopher for his work...