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10 May 2012
Issue: 7513 / Categories: Legal News
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Legal aid tenders

LSC launches tender process for legal services

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has announced that the tender process will open on 21 May for face-to-face legal services in family, immigration and asylum and debt and housing; and telephone services in family, debt and housing, special educational needs and discrimination.

Any law firm or other organisation intending to provide legal aid services from April 2013 will need to tender for a new contract. The closing date is 12 noon on 18 June. The LSC is also inviting tenders for additional services in mediation and housing possession court duty schemes.

Issue: 7513 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

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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