The performance review committee provides recommendations to the Secretary for Justice about the performance of legal aid providers who have been referred to them for consideration.
The committee can recommend sanctions including cancelling or modifying a lawyer’s approval to provide legal aid services, requiring the provider to be supervised by another lawyer, or suspending the provider from legal aid services for a time.
The Secretary for Justice makes the final decision regarding any sanctions on a legal aid lawyer, taking into account the advice from the committee.
Members of the performance review committee
Committee members appointed by the Secretary for Justice. They are highly experienced lawyers who collectively have expertise in many areas of law.