The first draft of HLPA’s response to the consultation on legal aid reform is now available for suggested additions and amendments in the member’s forum.
The final response has to be sent to the MoJ for 14 February 2011, so please add any views or suggestions in the forum as soon as possible, to give time to finish off what is a lengthy document.
Thanks to all who have drafted sections (in no particular order): William Ford, Ian Greenidge, Giles Peaker, Katie Brown, Erica French, Viv Gambling, Robert Latham and HLPA junior members. And thanks to James Harrison for putting it all together and taking on preparing the final draft.
Also available in the forum is the final draft of the Bar Council’s Legal Aid Sub-Committee response, in which Robert Latham has played his part.