General Criminal Contract (Apr 07)

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More about the General Criminal Contract (Apr 07)
30/03/07: General Criminal Contract: Enforceability of amendments for 2007 (London)
26/02/07: Notice of Contract Amendment to Standard Terms
26/02/07: Notice of Contract Amendment to Contract Specification
Previous contract amendments

More about the General Criminal Contract (Apr 07)

The General Criminal Contract is how criminal defence work is funded by the Criminal Defence Service (CDS). The contract secures the provision of competent, quality assured, best value contract work.
The current contract reflecting all changes up to and including April 2007 is under Documents.

30/03/07: General Criminal Contract: Enforceability of amendments for 2007 (London)

This note was prepared it in response to the advice by the Law Society’s solicitors Bircham Dyson Bell (BDB) dated 14 March 2007.

Please view the General Criminal Contract: Enforceability of amendments for 2007 document in the Documents panel for full details.

The letters referred to in this document are also under Documents.

26/02/07: Notice of Contract Amendment to Standard Terms

We sent a notice to all contract holders on 26 February 2007. Please see the Documents panel.

The notice came into force on 1 April 2007 and includes amendments to the Standard Contract Terms for providers outside London. It also gives notice of termination of those contracts from March 2008.

26/02/07: Notice of Contract Amendment to Contract Specification

We sent a notice to all contractors on 26 February 2007. Please see the Documents panel.

The notice came into force on 16 April 2007 and includes amendments to the Contract Specification to enable the following:

revised standard fees in 16 urban areas including London, Birmingham and Manchester
measures to ensure market stability in legal aid services in police stations, including the introduction of revised duty solicitor rotas with slots allocated based on historical volume of claims (the amendment to the duty solicitor rotas will be implemented from May 2007)
Funding of Prescribed Proceedings to be by way of Representation Order
changes to requirements for Service Cases
provision for payment for completing means forms under the CDS Act
consequential amendments to the guidance manuals.

Visit the CDS > Consultations pages for the consultation paper.

Previous contract amendments

Early amendments are stored in the document archive on this website.

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Last updated: 24 December 2007