Bar Council Chairman: We will not facilitate a scheme which will wreck the criminal justice system – The Bar Council

Posted July 3rd, 2013 in barristers, budgets, competition, criminal justice, legal aid, news, tenders by sally

“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today stated that it has no plans to develop a quality system to facilitate price competitive tendering (PCT) for criminal legal aid. The Bar Council believes that real quality is based on choice of service providers, not price alone, on which the Government’s model is based. The Bar Council’s response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation clearly sets out its position on this issue.”

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The Bar Council, 5th June 2013

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk