My understanding is that, at Acton police station at least, there is a mobile phone with a head set. The detainee is given the head set and placed in a consultation room on his own.

I agree, however, that when I last represented someone at Charing Cross remotely, they had to have their consultation on a phone at the end of a corridor, which really is not good enough.

As to the LAA paying the fixed fee for remote attendances, I intend chasing our contract manager about this today…

iLSE Gifford
Solicitor-Advocate | Russell-Cooke

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-----Original Message-----
From: members@mail.lccsa.org.uk [mailto:members@mail.lccsa.org.uk]
Sent: 29 September 2020 09:56
To: members@mail.lccsa.org.uk
Subject: Charing Cross and Acton police stations

This message originated from outside Russell-Cooke

I am told that there are still no facilities for private telephone consultations at the above stations. This makes remote attendance impossible and it is absurd that after all this time these stations refuse to provide such facilities.

How are others dealing with this? We have been attending in person at these stations but as things get worse again, we are concerned about not being able to deal with cases there as a remote attendance.

This may all be irrelevant if the LAA do not extend the payment structure beyond tomorrow or have I missed an announcement?

Steven Bird

Birds Solicitors

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