On the Move 

LSC is moving towards having only “three business delivery centres” from 23rd July. Here is some vaguely interactive “help” in finding out where your work will be processed.

Abroad Thoughts from Home 

You can probably imagine that the return to work in the final week of “VHCCs Under the Hammer” was always likely to be a little hectic. Add to that the usual backlog of general enquiries, a justifiably very angry client himself now on holiday and at loggerheads with the LSC, the lack of a Billberry […]

VHCC Bid Panel News Flash 

Whilst it might appear vain to focus on an FAQ submitted by ourselves this does seem worthy of some comment. The LSC have fundamentally changes their attitude to self employed litigators (consultants) in Q. numbers 33, 71 & 81. This is an issue we have had numerous and lengthy phone conversations about. If this is […]

A Sustainable Future? LSC’s October Changes [3 CPD] 

While Mr Pottinger is at a place in the sun we are very very busy in Middlesbrough, promoting our next round of JRS CPD Training Events. Simon’s September UK Tour will cover Leeds/Bradford, Gateshead/Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and London. As this is once again such a crucial time for Legal Aid suppliers I have added […]

Litigator Graduated Fee Scheme 

Another CLSA Bulletin just received: 17 July 2007 Litigator Graduated Fee Scheme The LSC has published a consultation paper in respect of the proposed implementation of the Litigator Graduated Fee Scheme. The paper can be found at http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/criminal/consultations.asp. A web based calculator has been put together to allow firms to calculate the impact of these […]

CLSA – Invitation to members who are owners of London firms 

We received this bulletin from the CLSA today: Invitation to CLSA members who are owners of London firms Wednesday 25th July 2007 6.00-8.00pm Main Hall – Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 tube: Holborn A meeting to discuss legal aid issues and to ascertain the extent of common agreement as between criminal law […]

LAPG – Press Release 

We have just received the following Press Release: Monday 16 July 2007 Hudson boosts his legal aid team A boost to the Law Society’s legal aid team was announced today with the appointment of Richard Miller, currently Chief Executive of the Legal Action Practitioners Group (LAPG), to the post of Law Society Legal Aid Manager. […]

More Seriously Though 

Is Peer Review beginning to fray at the edges. Remember where you heard it first.

Wanderlust 

I have a rush job on 2 live PR samples to do and obviously more earache over “VHCC Challenge” is anticipated. Most importantly I obviously have to go have my back waxed, buy a new man bag and have my last, pre pool, tanning session before my holiday too. So only a short post today. […]

Mania 

The “VHCC in the Attic” phone enquiry explosion has now begun in earnest. I now have a seriously sore right ear from pressing my under performing mobile to my ear whilst listening to the full, manic range of bid inspired psychosis. The scope of callers veers from the clutching at straws optimist to the unnecessarily […]