“I Tag Dead People” 

Who could forget the G4S Olympic shambles last year? Well certainly not criminal Legal Aid firms, especially when the company recently became linked with PCT proposals, frighteningly as a potential defence provider. They were back in the news this week when an inquest jury determined its employees had unlawfully killed Jimmy Mubenga. Their bad news […]

The Art of the Understatement 

Today just keeps giving; “I appreciate that you may find my findings disappointing” Having just nil assessed roughly 75% of the audit sample.

The Return of “Doublethink” 

As you know we constantly rework old themes here. This is partly down to lack of imagination on our part but also because LSC/LAA initiatives continually invite a similar response. 2 favourite cultural reference points are Orwell’s “1984” and Viz Comics, “The Bottom Inspectors”. Today’s LAA latest, via a client, brings to mind both, but […]