For several years, the Legal Services Commission (LSC) retrospectively paid out legal aid monies to solicitors and barristers for the work they do for their clients who are eligible for Public Funding for legal advice. Under a new ruling called the Contract Notice of Amendment, Amendments to the General Criminal Contract to be implemented from [...]
California Bar, Several Projects on Lawyers with Disabilities Survey of Legal Professionals with Disabilities In 2003, The California State Bar Committee on Lawyers with Disabilities undertook a survey of legal professionals in the state. One hundred and fifty attorneys responded to the survey. The results are reported online in the August 2004 edition of the [...]
Sir David Clementi released his consultation paper for the Review of the Regulatory Framework of Legal Services in England and Wales in March 2004, inviting responses from all sectors of the legal profession and outside it. The paper discusses how legal services could be regulated in the future. The Government has decided that the legal [...]