Traffic and a Warning 

Am now at the fag end of the busiest phone day on record. Mopping up the final stragglers before starting again tomorrow morning. I have the feeling that this round, though much longer, is going to go to the wire and that we will be just like this on Wednesday. One issue which has arisen […]

Love in the First Degree II 

Given the post below there was only one choice this week

Love in the First Degree 

For the first time, in nearly 15 years, a client professed their love for me today. I have no doubt that there are many more of you out there just a little too shy to do the same and waiting for a similar opportunity, but the first is always, well, the first. That it was […]

The Day Today 

Just no spare time to post and I really want to do something about protective Specialist Services for Children bids. I will try tomorrow – but this already looks like being equally as mental as today has been – liewise the day before, and the day before etc. Probably therefore if you are interested in […]

Another V.2 

The CDS 12 has now been modified and apparently works. I have not had time to have a go myself so please leave your comments below if this is not the case. I am covering how to complete this on Friday’s webinar. HAT TIP Russ Myners

At the Hustings 

Well Legal Aid has made it into the Election campaign, however not in a way any of us would have wanted. Doubt there will be an “At the Hustings 2” post here before May 6th.

No. 46 

I was asked if a new key card had been produced last week and had to say that I had not seen one. Well it has just turned up on the LSC website for those who like one of these in preference to the online calculator.

Wednesday Week 

Full of cold (could even be the man flu) and had my head down the e-portal since first thing. Not much exciting to report save an amendment to the Family/SWL IFA – technical mistakes about cross references to the appeals section I think and nothing to worry about. The immigration notifications have been delayed further […]

Final Q & A 

The final version of the Family/SWL Q&A document is now published. On a quick scan this does not say anything radical and the important questions, asked by us and some of our clients, have not been included. For instance one firm submitted a detailed exposition of the likely Selection Criteria scores in one of their […]

Webinar News 

We will be holding one final, procurement based webinar (which will include guidance on the CDS 12) on Friday 16th April. As usual this will start at 1pm and will provide a comprehensive guide to the completion of your Family/SWL and Low Volume Category bids. If you have not completed yours or just want a […]