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10/03/10: CLS News: 2010 contracts tender process - 10/3/10 - The automated email this morning was incorrect: the mental health PQQ deadline is 12 noon on 31/3/10. See Legal Aid
10/03/10: CLS News: Provider payments in March - 9/3/10 - Some bills for civil representation, Crown Court litigation and very high cost case work which should have been paid on the weeks commencing 15, 22 and 29 March may be delayed. Standard Monthly Payments and other payments are unaffected. A link to the Law Society's response is also available. See Legal Aid
10/03/10: LSC Notice to Mental Health Applicant Organisations - 8/3/10 - Paragraph 7.12 (information about payments on account) of the Information For Applicants has been amended so as to accord with the 2010 Civil Contract. See Legal Aid
10/03/10: MoJ/MHT protocol added. Marked "April 2009" but last edited in July 2009. This document sets out the responsibilities of the MoJ and MHT in the Tribunal procedure. For instance, the protocol provides that no MoJ comments are required in the following circumstances: (1) for initial reports, the MoJ have had the reports for 21 days; (2) for subsequent reports, including addendum and independent reports, the MoJ have received the reports at all. See Ministry of Justice
10/03/10: This month the LSC published a discussion paper entitled "Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates" which sets out the proposed future minimum quality requirements for criminal advocacy services. The focus is on crime but the intention is for quality assurance schemes to apply to all areas of law. Responses by 10/5/10. See Consultations#Legal Services Commission
10/03/10: List of proposed Dept of Health research projects added - including £250,000 on each of the following: "Research to review the quality of independent mental health advocate services", "Mental Capacity Act Best Interests Decisions - Successes and Challenges", and "Research to examine the interface between Mental Health Act & the Mental Capacity Act". See Department of Health
10/03/10: Text of 10/3/10 MCA Update email added. Headings are: OPG Business Plan; Consultation period ends; Court of Protection Enquiry Service. See Office of the Public Guardian
06/03/10: Case summary added. Key v Key (2010) EWHC 408 (Ch) — Successful challenge to will on the grounds of want of testamentary capacity and want of knowledge and approval.
06/03/10: On 4/3/10 the Law Society published videos explaining the tendering process and the contract terms. See Legal Aid
06/03/10: On 5/3/10 the LSC published v4 of their FAQ on the mental health invitation to tender. See Legal Aid
06/03/10: CLS News: "New schedules for April to October 2010" published on 3/3/10. How matter starts will be allocated to cover the period 1/4/10 to 13/10/10. See Legal Aid
06/03/10: On 4/3/10 the Tribunals Service: Mental Health published their March 2010 Stakeholder Bulletin. See Mental Health Tribunal
03/03/10: Sir Ian Magee’s review into the delivery of legal aid published today. Also a press release setting out LSC's move from being a executive non-departmental public body to becoming an executive agency. See Legal Aid
03/03/10: MoJ response to consultation on Legal Aid experts' fees published today. Also a press release announcing a project entitled "Analysis and control of expert witness fees paid in legal aid work".See Consultations#Ministry of Justice (Legal Aid: funding reforms)
03/03/10: LSC published updated FAQs on 2/3/10 about (1) mental health invitation to tender and (2) pre-qualification questionnaires. See Legal Aid
02/03/10: Case summary added (discrimination, prisoners; judgment 26/2/10). R (Gill) v SSJ (2010) EWHC 364 (Admin) — The Defendant's failure to offer the Claimant, who was a short-tariff lifer with learning disability, sufficient suitable offending behaviour work to give him the opportunity to demonstrate safety for release, unlawfully breached the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and breached his public law duties.
02/03/10: Case added (criminal law). Juncal v UK 32357/09 (2010) ECHR 249 — Lawfulness of detention. Statement of facts and questions to the parties lodged at court.
26/02/10: On 25/2/10 the DPP published its Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide. See Assisted suicide
26/02/10: On 25/2/10 the LSC published FAQs about mental health invitation to tender. See Legal Aid
26/02/10: Text of 25/2/10 MCA Update email added: changes to some contact details for Court of Protection and Office of the Public Guardian. See OPG
26/02/10: On 24/2/10 the Law Commission published their consultation into adult social care. The consultation period ends on 1/7/10. See Law Commission