The members include former Criminal Law Solicitors Association chair Bill Waddington, Nottingham University professor Sue Arrowsmith, CILEx chair Professor Chris Jones, former Court of Appeal Criminal Division judge Baroness Hallett, UCL law professor Dame Hazel Genn and University of Law professor Stephen Mayson.
‘The review must focus on ensuring a criminal justice system that delivers a fair trial and justice for all, including defendants and victims,’ Law Society president David Greene said.
‘Legal aid practitioners must be paid properly, and their businesses must be economically viable, otherwise the system will collapse. Given that the review is just getting under way and any benefits arising from it appear some way off, there is still an urgent need for interim relief in order to provide the additional funds that criminal defence solicitors so desperately need.’
