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
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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