COURT AVAILABILITY– I am currently not accepting instructions on new legal aid Crown Court cases where Legal aid was granted after 1st April. As a result I have a lot of availability. I am, at present, honouring my pledge to support the bar action, even though I am bitterly disappointed at the conduct of the CBA, who have met the MoJ alone, and carried on as if solicitors do not exist (see NEWS below) For current availability see http://www.freelanceadvocacyservices.uk/

I am still accepting work in legal aid crown court case where legal aid pre-dates 1st April, appeals against sentence or conviction, committals for sentence, private cases, Mags Court, police stations, and regulatory cases. 

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NEWS

New changes to PACE Codes of Practice here

Current Bar Action. No Returns postponed after secret CBA meeting with MoJ from which solicitors were excluded. Now comes a ballot of criminal barristers on whether to accept “the deal”. CBA latest Statement with details here.

LCCSA response here