The Law Society has dealt a major blow to the Government's controversial plans to reform the £2bn legal aid system after a High Court judge upheld the bulk of the body's objections to the proposals. Following judicial review proceedings issued by the Law Society against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) in April, Mr Justice Beatson today (27 July) said the LSC's package of reforms breached European law and public contracts regulations.
July 27, 2007 at 11:16 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The Law Society has dealt a major blow to the Government’s controversial plans to reform the £2bn legal aid system after a High Court judge upheld the bulk of the body’s objections to the proposals.
Following judicial review proceedings issued by the Law Society against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) in April, Mr Justice Beatson today (27 July) said the LSC’s package of reforms breached European law and public contracts regulations.
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