It's fine in theory....
Reading through the family justice review in more detail this afternoon I noticed that one of the key aims of better judicial case management was to give the judges more reading time of the papers. For those of us at the coal face we are all too aware of how the Judiciary don't have enough work to do, how the DJ's complain all the time about quiet s8 lists where no-one is waiting to see a CAFCASS Officer. How fortunate we don't have an ever increasing number of litigants in person. No doubt the governments timing of withdrawal of Legal Aid and cutting fees to experts (note to self: must start search again for a paediatric radiologist tomorrow who will work at the new LSC rates!) is all part of some master plan to help the smooth implementation of the proposed reforms.....
Being serious though the FJR highlights the lack of clear research/evidence on various aspects of the proposals it makes. On the issue of the recent expert rates set by the LSC I would be interested to hear the experience of other people so far in getting experts to undertake the work.
Being serious though the FJR highlights the lack of clear research/evidence on various aspects of the proposals it makes. On the issue of the recent expert rates set by the LSC I would be interested to hear the experience of other people so far in getting experts to undertake the work.
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