Nearly a Bulls-eye 

The Law Society seem to have got their response to the Preferred Supplier Scheme about right. They too spot the drift away from “low up-front entry criteria” implied by an increase in remote monitoring, Peer Review and file assessment. They also, again concurring with our experience, describe the last two elements as not yet being […]

Poorly Dog V. II 

If you remember this one I am now off to the Vets again to be relieved of a large sum on money. UPDATE Another accurate prediction.

Show me the Money 

For the second time in a week its worth having a look at Marcel Berlins at the Guardian Blog “Comment is Free”. Its about hourly rates – before you read it have a stab at what threshold you would consider an appeal to a costs judge?

Queens Park Rangers 

Just made good our promise to talk thorough Quality Profile Reports and Contract Management Review Criteria (QPR & CMRC) for those understandably bewildered by them. This was a case in point not least that one of the key failures showed more refused substantive applications appealed than actually made in the same period! Unusually for JRS […]

Technology is Great. 

I don’t imagine many of you will want to come however I really like the fact that I can save something as a PDF file so simply on a Mac and then link to it with ease here. Being vain, check out the quotes we did not make them up!!

Exam Time 

Question 1 The LSC have not advertised the vacant Chief Executive post in the Law Society Gazette. Is this because: A. It is not a good advertising medium because people only read the SDT findings to see who has been struck off this week. B. An advert in The Times meets their equal opportunity requirements […]

Bonfire of the Vanities 

I have expressed my thought on training course evaluation sheets before. That said the individual written comments, rather than the tick box marking, from Tuesday confirm my (very modest) view that “Peer Review” is a good course. What is more, good or bad, it seems to be pretty much out there on its own. With […]

Life Means Life 

There are two very differing views on the current lenient sentencing debate over at the Guardians new blog. The first is from Jonathan Freedland the alternative Marcel Berlins. My guess is most practitioners will agree with the latter. UPDATE Come on! There are 75 of you who have read this post and not one with […]

Early Morning Plane 

Off to that London for more shouting tomorrow. This is the last of the PSS and Peer review tour. More later if I can find a PC.

Good Luck 

“Come on England”.