The draft 2015 duty provider contract, published by the Legal Aid Agency last month, remains “one-sided” with “almost all the uncertainty and risk” falling on the provider, the Law Society has warned. It expresses concern about proposals for compensation if there is a no-fault termination of the contract, the removal of the contractor’s right to terminate the contract, and the “overly bureaucratic” requirements for the lead contractor to make all their agents and delivery partners available for audit. The contract tender has been deferred until October.
07 August 2014
Duty provider contracts
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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