http://www.lccsa.org.uk/ Informing London's criminal solicitors webmaster@lccsa.org.uk (Jim Meyer) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ LCCSA-BLOG-48 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lccsa-blog/~3/WVJSz7iAU9M/blog.asp Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:20:18 GMT Procedure "Stop delaying justice!" is an important initiative of the Chief Magistrate to speed up proceedings in the magistrates courts. It will come as a shock to many defence advocates that critical questions must be answered at the first hearing. The DVD being used to train the judiciary is available to all defence lawyers on the LCCSA website. It must be compulsory viewing.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=WVJSz7iAU9M:h5CnW5ug9us:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=WVJSz7iAU9M:h5CnW5ug9us:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=WVJSz7iAU9M:h5CnW5ug9us:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?i=WVJSz7iAU9M:h5CnW5ug9us:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=WVJSz7iAU9M:h5CnW5ug9us:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lccsa-blog/~4/WVJSz7iAU9M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.lccsa.org.uk/blog.asp?mid=83&ItemID=48 LCCSA-BLOG-46 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lccsa-blog/~3/J-BGVHFWbU0/blog.asp Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:41:08 GMT Procurement The March 2011 report by Otterburn must have made uncomfortable reading for MOJ, and it has taken government a long time to face up to the realities of the CDS it has created. The most profitable firms welcomed in the year of 2011 whilst operating on margins of just 12% and in the certain knowledge that these would soon to fall to 5% (i.e. a reduction of 75% overall).<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=J-BGVHFWbU0:KpXvc5jM8eQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=J-BGVHFWbU0:KpXvc5jM8eQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=J-BGVHFWbU0:KpXvc5jM8eQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?i=J-BGVHFWbU0:KpXvc5jM8eQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?a=J-BGVHFWbU0:KpXvc5jM8eQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/lccsa-blog?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lccsa-blog/~4/J-BGVHFWbU0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.lccsa.org.uk/blog.asp?mid=83&ItemID=46