Dear Member

 

This consultation closes today .

 

The proposal is to reduce the number of duty solicitors from three to one each day .

 

The Highbury Youth court consultation received ten responses and led to the slashing of the rota so that many did not receive any slots in the next rota .

 

This is bean counting by the LAA who presume that duty solicitors sit around all day redundantly , the impact on busier days will see an increased inefficiency as the court is kept waiting for the duty solicitor to see a larger volume of clients .

 

Regards

 

 

Jonathan Black ( Partner)                                                 

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From: DutySolQueries (LAA) [mailto:dutysolqueries@Justice.gov.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 13:54
Subject: Consultation Westminster Magistrates and Hammersmith Magistrates

 

Good afternoon

 

Please find attached a consultation document concerning Westminster Magistrates and Hammersmith Magistrates.

 

This can also be found on the link below:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/duty-solicitor-scheme-boundary-consultations

 

Responses should be sent by email to: brian.fitzgerald@justice.gov.uk  by 5pm on Tuesday 24th September 2019.

 

 

 

Regards

 

National Duty Performance Team

Legal Aid Agency | Fothergill House | 16 King Street | Nottingham | NG1 2AS

DX 10035 Nottingham 1 | 0115 852 6016

 

 

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