Solicitors and CPS join professional users’ access scheme English
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From today (1 February), solicitors will be able to register for the professional users’ access scheme, which permits enhanced access through security in courts and tribunals for registered holders with the appropriate scheme ID.
The London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association (LCCSA) and Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA) have become the latest legal professional organisations to sign up, following the Bar Council which has been part of the scheme since it launched in May 2019. Alongside this, HMCTS is also delighted to welcome the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as a member organisation, demonstrating the continued broadening of the scheme to a wider cohort of professional court users.
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