New deadline for responding to legal aid consultation is 1 November
The deadline for responding to the legal aid consultation on Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps has been extended by ten working days, from 18 October to 1 November.
The new deadline takes account of some amendments and clarifications to the consultation document and annexes, following a meeting between the Ministry of Justice and The Law Society.
Those intending to respond should refer to the updated consultation document ? see below.
Criminal legal aid provider survey
There has also been a one week extension to the joint MoJ and Law Society survey of criminal legal aid firms.
The new deadline for providers is 16 October and replaces the date in the article we ran on 26 September ? see below.
Justice website: