Lawyers claim bidding system for criminal defence work may be illegal – The Guardian

Posted June 22nd, 2009 in law firms, legal aid, news, tenders by sally

“Government proposals to introduce competitive tendering for criminal defence work will ‘savagely reduce’ the number of firms, lawyers say, and may be unlawful in their disproportionate impact on minority lawyers.”

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The Guardian, 21st June 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk