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Wednesday 03 July 2013 by Catherine Baksi
The Ministry of Justice will publish a second ‘short’ consultation on its ‘finalised’ legal aid proposals in September before ‘pressing on’, the justice secretary announced this morning.
Giving evidence to the House of Commons justice committee, Chris Grayling said: ‘We will move shortly to bring forward alternative thoughts based on our discussions with the Law Society.’
It was unclear what the scope of the second consultation would be.
Grayling (pictured) also said that he did not accept his decision to retain client choice would cause the whole of the planned criminal legal aid reforms to unravel.
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Wednesday 03 July 2013 by Catherine Baksi
The Ministry of Justice will publish a second ‘short’ consultation on its ‘finalised’ legal aid proposals in September before ‘pressing on’, the justice secretary announced this morning.
Giving evidence to the House of Commons justice committee, Chris Grayling said: ‘We will move shortly to bring forward alternative thoughts based on our discussions with the Law Society.’
It was unclear what the scope of the second consultation would be.
Grayling (pictured) also said that he did not accept his decision to retain client choice would cause the whole of the planned criminal legal aid reforms to unravel.
(More via above link)
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