24 November 2014 Legal Aid News [pdf, 373 KB]
...operational-policy-changes. These steps address some of the issues highlighted so far during the review of criminal fixed fees. They include the introduction of new procedures to ensure a more even division of ‘urgent (same day) cases’ in courts where both PDS and private legal aid providers operate side-by-side. These changes are not the end of the story. There may be other operational policy changes which the Acting Legal Services Commissioner will recommend when she releases...