I was also told this when I was covering a virtual court duty for Southwark on Tuesday. The cases go to Camberwell Green and are from Walworth Police Station.

I went to Camberwell Green & I phoned Walworth Police Station to enquire if there were any VC cases and was told there were none and they would not be any as custody would be taken to court cells as there was no VC officer on duty.

So essentially a waste of time and resource covering the Rota. I left at 10:30 am and managed to cover other work in the afternoon, otherwise it would have been a wasted day. 

Neil Blackaby

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On 29 Jun 2017, at 10:50, BRIAN ALDRED <baldred@hotmail.com> wrote:

I got told this yesterday by someone else when I was already at the court and after I had called the court to ask what the arrangement was and they said I had to attend and wait for cases! So, if they tell you this, don't listen. Plus, it turns out the police don't have the spare resources to do VCs at the moment, so you won't get called in all likelihood anyway. They are simply wasted slots.

 

Grrr.


Brian Aldred

Old Bailey Solicitors



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Sent: 29 June 2017 09:42
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Subject: Re: Virtual Court Duties
 
Standby. It's fixed fee per case. No hourly rate and will be called in if required. 

On 29 Jun 2017, at 10:38, PHill <Philip.Hill@sgk-solicitors.co.uk> wrote:

We have a couple of slots this time around – can anyone tell me whether they are paid on a court duty basis or police station basis? ie should my solicitors attend the relevant court and expect to be remunerated under the scheme for doing so irrespective of the number of VC clients, or should they be on standby to attend when/if they receive a call?

 

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