Extracted from the Crown Prosecution Service website … A witness who is deaf or hard of hearing may require the services of a qualified Sign Language Interpreter or, for those who do not know or use sign language, a Lipspeaker in order to give their evidence at court. Only registered Sign Language Interpreters or Lipspeakers [...]
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 [...]