Download or read book Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Constitutional Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The draft Bill, published as a consultation paper (Cm 6194, ISBN 0101619421) in May 2004, contains the Government's proposals for changes to the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) grant of the right to public funded representation in criminal court cases. Its two key provisions are the transfer of responsibility for grant of criminal legal aid from the courts to the Legal Services Commission (LSC); and the re-introduction of a means test for criminal cases. The Committee's report finds that the increase in CDS spending in recent years is unsustainable, and states its support for the underlying aim of the draft Bill to improve management control and consistency in the legal aid system and to focus resources on those that need help most. However, it highlights a number of areas where more work is required before the proposals can be finalised, including the need to ensure the measures comply with the UK's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as the costs and practical difficulties of means testing and in transferring the grant to the LSC.
Download or read book Draft Criminal Defence Service Bill Consultation Paper and Explanatory Notes written by Great Britain. Department for Constitutional Affairs and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for a draft Bill to implement changes to the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) grant of the right to public funded representation in criminal court cases. The main provisions of the draft Bill relate to two measures: the transfer of responsibility for grant of criminal legal aid from the courts to the Legal Services Commission; and the re-introduction of a means test for criminal cases. The aim of the Bill is to ensure that the taxpayer gets best value for money from the CDS and to improve management control and consistency in the legal aid system and the way in which the fund is spent. The re-introduction of the means test seeks to focus resources on those that need help most. Responses should be received by 6 August 2004.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Annual Report For 2004 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annual report For 2004 : First report of session 2004-05, report, together with appendices and formal Minutes
Download or read book Draft Legal Services Bill Explanatory Notes and Regulatory Impact Assessment written by Great Britain: Department for Constitutional Affairs and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-05-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Command Paper brings together the Draft Legal Services Bill, explanatory notes and Regulatory Impact Assessment. The Bill sets out its' objective to establish the Legal Services Board and its various functions. The Bill itself contains 159 clauses and 15 schedules. The parts of the Bill can be set out as follows: Part 1: The Regulatory Objectives, sets out 7 regulatory objectives of the regulators, which guides the Legal Services Board; Part 2: The Legal Services Board, sets out the structure and functions of the Board; Part 3: Reserved Legal Activities, lists and defines the reserved legal activities, and explains who is entitled to carry out these activities, and the penalties for those not entitled; Part 4: Regulation of Approved Regulators, sets out the general duties of approved regulators, and the powers that the Board has to ensure that these are being carried out; Part 5: Alternative Business Structures, makes provision for new business structures in legal services; Part 6: Legal Complaints, establishes an independent complaints handling body called the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC); Part 7: Financial Provisions, sets out arrangements for the funding of both the Board and the Office for Legal Complaints; Part 7: Miscellaneous and General Provisions makes provision for any guidance to be produced by the Board, and allows the Board to enter into voluntary arrangements. The Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) sets out the rationale for reform of the regulation of legal services.
Download or read book Legislative Scrutiny written by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint Committee on Human Rights examines every Bill in respect of Convention rights and other international human rights instruments to which the UK is a signatory. This report covers the: Charities Bill; Consumer Credit Bill; Criminal Defence Service Bill; Identity Cards Bill; Racial and Religious Hatred Bill; Road Safety Bill; National Lottery Bill; Crossrail Bill.
Download or read book Changing Contours of Criminal Justice written by Mary Bosworth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Criminology, this edited collection of essays seeks to explore the changing contours of criminal justice over the past half century and to consider possible shifts over the next few decades. The question of how social science disciplines develop and change does not invite any easy answer, with the task made all the more difficult given the highly politicised nature of some subjects and the volatile, evolving status of its institutions and practices. A case in point is criminal justice: at once fairly parochial, much criminal justice scholarship is now global in its reach and subject areas that are now accepted as central to its study - victims, restorative justice, security, privatization, terrorism, citizenship and migration (to name just a few) - were topics unknown to the discipline half a century ago. Indeed, most criminologists would have once stoutly denied that they had anything to do with it. Likewise, some central topics of past criminological attention, like probation, have largely receded from academic attention and some central criminal justice institutions, like Borstal and corporal punishment, have, at least in Europe, been abolished. Although the rapidity and radical nature of this change make it quite impossible to predict what criminal justice will look like in fifty years' time, reflection on such developments may assist in understanding how it arrived at its current form and hint at what the future holds. The contributors to this volume have been invited to reflect on the impact Oxford criminology has had on the discipline, providing a unique and critical discussion about the current state of criminal justice around the world and the origins and future implications of contemporary practice. All are leading internationally-renowned criminologists whose work has defined and often re-defined our understanding of criminal justice policy and literature.
Download or read book Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Constitutional Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the Government's proposals for radical reform of the Legal Aid system, as set out in the Government's White Paper (Cm. 6993, ISBN 9780101699327) published in November 2006. These proposals follow on from three other documents: i) the Government's long-term strategy for legal aid 'A fairer deal for legal aid' published in July 2005 (Cm 6591, ISBN 9780101659123); ii) the recommendations of the independent review of legal aid procurement undertaken by Lord Carter of Coles (details are available at www.legalaidprocurementreview.gov.uk/publications.htm) published in July 2006; and iii) a consultation paper jointly issued by the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Legal Services Commission (details available at www.dca.gov.uk/consult/legal-aidsf/sustainable-future.htm) published in July 2006. The Government plans to change the basis on which Legal Aid is to be procured by introducing a transitional system of fixed and graduated fees for cases (rather than payment on an hourly basis as is the practice now in many areas of legal aid work) as a way of preparing for full competitive tendering for Legal Aid contracts by solicitors. Overall, the Committee finds that while it supports the fundamental aims of the reforms and recognises that there is an urgent necessity to limit Legal Aid expenditure, the Government has introduced these plans too quickly, in too rigid a way and with insufficient evidence.
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Download or read book Proposal for a Draft Marriage Act 1949 Remedial Order 2006 written by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposal for a draft Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2006 : Sixteenth report of session 2005-06, report, together with formal minutes and Appendices
Download or read book Sessional Returns written by Great Britain: House of Commons and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-23 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With corrigendum slip dated June 2005 (1 sheet).
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Download or read book Legal Aid written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Constitutional Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the Government's proposed changes to the system of legal aid payments in asylum appeal cases in England and Wales, under the draft Community Legal Service (Asylum and Immigration) Regulations 2005 (ISBN 0110723015). Issues discussed include: the introduction of a system of retrospective funding, the merits test, and the implications of the new system for solicitors offering legal aid services. Conclusions reached include that the merits test will have to be set at a lower level if the system of retrospective funding is introduced, to ensure that appellants and suppliers are not to be disadvantaged, since the legal aid system should not be used to restrict legitimate appeals.
Download or read book The Operation of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission SIAC and the Use of Special Advocates written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Constitutional Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new system of control orders established by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (2005, c.2, ISBN 0105402052) will extend the role of Special Advocates (lawyers appointed to represent appellants within the closed hearing system before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) who have security clearance to examine material kept secret from the appellant and his/her ordinary lawyers). In light of this, the Committees report examines the operation of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) over the last eight years and the use of Special Advocates, in order to identify lessons to be learned to ensure the adequacy of procedural safeguards in the future system. Issues considered include: the background to SIAC and the passing of the 2005 Act; the operation of SIAC and its impact on the legal and human rights of appellants; the Special Advocate system as it operated under SIAC and its extension into the High Court. The Committee concludes that there are a number of defects with the Special Advocate system as it operated through SIAC, and a number of improvements can be made to improve its use under the 2005 Act, including the establishment of an Office of the Special Advocates to ensure provision of appropriate expert support and facilities, and that appellants are offered, where practical, a choice of Special Advocate from a security-cleared pool.
Download or read book How Parliament Works 6th Edition written by Robert Rogers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Parliament is constantly in the news and televised daily, much of its work remains a mystery to outsiders and is sometimes perplexing even to its own members. This book provides a unique insight into the work and daily life of Parliament. It sets out plainly and intelligibly what goes on and why things happen, but it also analyses the pressures within the institution, its strengths and weaknesses, and ways in which it might change. Covering every aspect of the work, membership, and structures of both Houses, this book also reflects the profound changes that have taken place in Parliament over the years.
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue written by Stationery Office (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
