Tis The Season to be Jolly 

As ever Legal Aid is under consideration in the Gazette. This deals with the reality of “CDS lower fund spend whilst this offers depressing projections about the future of provision.

Preparing for Procurement 

I will be spending some time with an Immigration client this week in an attempt to “extrapolate” from their live procurement exercise across to next years mainstream civil bidding, especially the ranking factors. It seems likely that the final detail of the exact “scoring criteria” for Family and Social Welfare law will not be be […]

Slade 

It is the 2nd Annual Fire Brigades Charity bash tonight and we are performing again – with an entirely new set!!! It is December and we are finishing with this:

More Proposals 

The proposals for the replacement of the current Criminal VHCC panel are announced. Main objective? “Each scheme proposal would need to deliver savings of the same magnitude as the 2007/08 Panel tendering exercise” Enjoy.

Live, and Late,Train Blogging 

Unsurprisingly, given my Jonah like influence on recent external events, the train is 30 mins late, technical fault experienced near Spennymoor. Never mind the train wi fi seems to be working and so I can now whack of a quick post. (In line with current luck the most fidgety woman of all time has just […]

 

Sorry for the radio silence around here recently. A range of work and domestic factors (no central heating for over a week) have intervened. I hope to be back on track this week though I am away in London on Wednesday and Thursday. Any how here is news of our 2 webinars in December – […]