Grayling in concession on client choice

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http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/gra...01%2F07%2F2013

The justice secretary has agreed to retain client choice and signalled his support for an alternative tender model proposed by the Law Society, based on a modified version of GP contracts in the NHS.
In advance of his appearance before the House of Commons justice committee on Wednesday, Chris Grayling wrote to the committee’s chair Sir Alan Beith indicating that he will allow choice of client to continue.
He also said he would also ‘explore further’ the Law Society’s suggested alternative proposal to ‘consolidate the market in stages, using quality and capacity criteria to achieve this’.
The Society said that its proposal is based loosely on the rolling General Medical Service contracts for GP surgeries – where a contract is periodically renewed subject to meeting statutory and mandatory obligations.
Mandatory obligations of the legal aid contract would take the form of a quality and capacity framework, which would specify a number of criteria a firm must achieve in order to retain its contract.......................

[bluebottle]

Re: Grayling in concession on client choice

Grayling cannot be trusted and has a awful habit of avoiding answering questions. I would certainly like to know who the Mr Intelligent was who put him forward to become Lord Chancellor. He is not a lawyer, as Kenneth Clarke was - he is a QC - and cannot seem to grasp the fundamental principle that a person is entitled to a fair trial and that this is a right enshrined in law.