Comments on: Legal Aid, one Judicial Review down… http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/07/legal-aid-one-judicial-review-down/ The Joy of Housing Law Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: contact http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/07/legal-aid-one-judicial-review-down/#comment-3505 contact Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:12:33 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/273#comment-3505 Not yet (been on holiday) although such stubborness doesn't surprise me. A post on the semi success of the Law Society's JR and what it might mean will be here shortly, though. Ho hum, it is a long way from the beaches and cocktail bars of the last couple of weeks. Not yet (been on holiday) although such stubborness doesn’t surprise me. A post on the semi success of the Law Society’s JR and what it might mean will be here shortly, though.

Ho hum, it is a long way from the beaches and cocktail bars of the last couple of weeks.

]]> By: Eleanor Wright http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/07/legal-aid-one-judicial-review-down/#comment-3504 Eleanor Wright Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:33:20 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/273#comment-3504 Have you seen the infuriating nonsense sent by Carolyn Regan to the Law Society Gazette in response to letters from Peer Reviewers raising major concerns that the fixed fees will lead to a drop in quality? She continues to maintain that LSC statistics indicate that there is no correlation between quality and higher costs, despite the fact that when challenged to produce evidence of this by the House of Commons Standing Committee the LSC was wholly unable to do so. It would be nice to think that the LSC is prepared to put its money where its mouth is and instruct counsel for its various Judicial Reviews on the basis of a three figure fixed fee; obviously they can have every faith that they will get high quality counsel prepared to do a superb job, just like they expect of us. Have you seen the infuriating nonsense sent by Carolyn Regan to the Law Society Gazette in response to letters from Peer Reviewers raising major concerns that the fixed fees will lead to a drop in quality? She continues to maintain that LSC statistics indicate that there is no correlation between quality and higher costs, despite the fact that when challenged to produce evidence of this by the House of Commons Standing Committee the LSC was wholly unable to do so. It would be nice to think that the LSC is prepared to put its money where its mouth is and instruct counsel for its various Judicial Reviews on the basis of a three figure fixed fee; obviously they can have every faith that they will get high quality counsel prepared to do a superb job, just like they expect of us.

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