Under AOB #BarCouncil member Sarah Gaunt raises concerns over listing and sitting days in Crown Courts - this is impacting morale, the rule of law (cases having to be being prepped last minute), and finances....
In response, Barbara Mills KC says we are alive to these concerns and push them in the right spaces. Met with HHJ Edmunds who has been tasked with looking at the issues. Sarah Gaunt also mentions concern with delivery of prisoners - the Chair has raised this with the prisons minister #BarCouncil
Another AOB at #BarCouncil on family legal aid - concern that there has been no response from govt to consultation on fees last year. The Chair says govt approach is housing & immigration first and family will come later - personally won't let the govt forget to address it.
James Roberts KC, chair of @familylawbar.bsky.social, adds that FLBA & #BarCouncil are working on a family law research project. Expecting another paper on family legal aid fees - currently working on crunching the MoJ data.
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