Civil contracts consultative group

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Reviewing and developing civil policy
Who's on the group?
How the meetings help
Phase 1 Fee Schemes Review final report
New matter starts review report
For more information

Reviewing and developing civil policy

We’ve established a civil contracts consultative group (CCCG) to review the impact of the current fee schemes and develop future procurement policy.

Who's on the group?

The group comprises representatives from:

The group meets every quarter.

How the meetings help

Sitting under the consultative group are representative body and stakeholder meetings in the categories of Mental Health, Social Welfare Law, Immigration and Family.

These meetings help inform future procurement policy in each of these areas.

Phase 1 Fee Schemes Review final report

The final review report (April 2009) is under Documents. It provides data analysis of the Phase 1 Civil Fee Schemes Review as set out in the Deed of Settlement.

Areas reviewed include:

numbers of New Matter Starts
the diversity impact of the scheme on clients and providers
cost neutrality and fee levels
exceptional cases
disbursements
the Family scheme structure.

The report is one of the agreed outputs of the CCCG.

New matter starts review report

The first report (Jul 08) is under Documents. It provides data analysis of new civil cases over the last 6 months (3 for Mental Health).