Law Society pledges financial support in defence of criminal solicitors
updated on 15 July 2014
The Law Society has pledged to continue using all its influence and resources to support criminal solicitors.
The governing council of the Law Society voted in favour of a request for financial support from the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association (LCCSA) and the Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA) to launch a judicial review challenging consultations on the Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps proposals. The review will claim that the report on the amount of duty contracts to award in future was not shown to “appropriate consultees”, rendering it unfair.
Nicholas Fluck, president of the Law Society, said: “The Law Society Council is acutely aware of the potential devastation facing criminal law solicitors. Council has today sent a clear message that the Law Society will do all in its power to support them.”
