The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has scrapped its contract for very high-cost criminal cases (VHCCs) after just 130 barristers signed up. Instead it is putting together a new line-up that will offer barristers a second chance to join the panel.The MoJ and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) are consulting on the new contract after the poor take-up rate and plan to send it out next week, effectively cancelling the agreement with those barristers and solicitors that already signed up.
February 21, 2008 at 12:48 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has scrapped its contract for very high-cost criminal cases (VHCCs) after just 130 barristers signed up. Instead it is putting together a new line-up that will offer barristers a second chance to join the panel.
The MoJ and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) are consulting on the new contract after the poor take-up rate and plan to send it out next week, effectively cancelling the agreement with those barristers and solicitors that already signed up.
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