Compliance with the Criminal Procedure Rules An LCCSA/CLSA Guide “Working to Rules”: looking for breaches of the Criminal Procedure Rules by the CPS and using them to your advantage. Stage 1: Are you simply demonstrating withdrawal of your goodwill or do you want costs? Withdrawal of goodwill: If legal aid has not been granted, consider…

Protocol for the 31st March and 1st April for courts and police stations. The CLSA is aware that members of the profession intend to attend a series of meetings across the country over the above two dates to consider their future and attend training. The CLSA, LCCSA LAPG and all the major practitioner groups, and…

On the 19th March 2014 the CLSA and LCCSA jointly held a National Criminal Solicitors Meeting at The Palace Hotel in Manchester. With the Government’s publication of the final response to consultation being circulated only on the 27th February, some two and a half months after the scheduled publication date, this left little time to…

TEN REASONS TO COME TO MANCHESTER 1) In the past we have always rolled over! Let’s not do it this time. Let’s do it differently. We always blame lack of unity. Come to Manchester to unite with other firms 2) We are all united in our opposition to cuts. Big, Medium and Small firms. On…