Monday 23 August 2010

Law Society turns up the heat on LSC

Judicial Review proceedings are at an early stage however the LSC will have to take seriously the fact that the tender process was flawed.

EU law requires a tender competition to be fair and open. That means the criteria are to be published in advance to make it a fair competition.

The LSC failed in this regard by not emphasising the importance that they would place on being an Advanced panel member in priority areas of law that come under the family umbrella. Panels are run by The Law Society and are used by the LSC to promote quality. In fact only 16% of Solicitors are on a panel (membership is voluntary) whilst others are members of organisations such as Resolution which also offer “accreditation”.

There is no independent research evidence that panel membership or Resolution accreditation is evidence of quality. There is no independent research evidence that being a member of Resolution is a guarantee of quality.

Anyway a whole load of taxpayers’ money ahs been wasted in a tender process that was poorly thought out, some would say unnecessary in any event, overly complicated and which has failed to deliver the LSC’s promise of appropriate cover in all areas.

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