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Summary The Review is inviting interested parties at the heart of the Criminal Legal Aid System to submit evidence on how the system as a whole can be improved and placed on a sustainable footing for the future. This consultation is being held on another website. This consultation closes at
Consultation description
The Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid has launched a Call for Evidence, opening on from 29 March 2021 and closing on 28 May 2021. Sir Christopher Bellamy, Chair of the Review, is inviting interested parties at the heart of the Criminal Legal Aid System to submit evidence on how the system as a whole can be improved and placed on a sustainable footing for the future. We are particularly, but not exclusively interested in hearing the views of criminal defence practitioners, representative bodies, charities, and end users of the system. We also invite contributions from academics who have carried out relevant research. R
Criminal legal aid review issues call for evidence
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By Sir Bob Neill2021-03-04T09:13:00+00:00
The current system for funding of private prosecutions is unfair. The Justice Committee concluded as much when we produced our report,
Private prosecutions: safeguardslast October. And the government agrees with that conclusion in the response we are publishing today, as well as pledging changes to the way that private prosecutions are funded.
Sir Bob Neill
I am delighted that the government has decided to support one of our recommendations and, crucially, has given a commitment to legislate.
Our inquiry into private prosecutions was prompted by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The Commission wrote to us after it had referred a record number of convictions, all stemming from prosecutions brought by the Post Office, to the courts. We examined how private prosecutions were working in England and Wales. Overall, we concluded that private prosecutions play an important role and that the existing safeguards generally work well.
Criminal legal aid spending in Clare increased by more than ten per cent last year despite the pandemic. More than €4.2 million euro has been spent in this county on the scheme in the last five years. The Criminal Legal Aid system is means tested and means the State picks up the bill for paying […]