Panel membership
On this page:
- Contracts for panel members and advocates
- Amendment 1: Rates of Pay
- Amendment 2: Non-panel Advocates
- Amendment 3: Extension
- Panel Membership
Contracts for panel members and advocates
See Documents for contract documents for panel members and advocates. We have since made three amendments, which are:Amendment 1: Rates of Pay
New rates for litigators and advocates took effect on 13 Nov 08 and apply to all work undertaken on or after this. These are interim provisions to ensure that very high cost cases are dealt with effectively and economically until the current scheme expires.
Copies of these rates and the contract amendment notices can be found in the documents panel on the right of this page.
Amendment 2: Non-Panel Advocates
We are aware of comments and issues of practitioners and their representative bodies. In particular, the Bar Council raised issues about the operation of the 21-day procedure in Annex 9 to the panel member's contract.
A suggestion was to streamline the procedure to simply require the panel member to confirm they have used all the reasonable endevours to instruct a panel advocate with the required skill and experience before proceeding to instruct off-panel, if necessary. This is provided they notify the LSC's Complex Crime Unit.
Copies of these contract amendment notices can be found under documents.
Amendment 3: Extension
Following the outcome of the recent VHCC Consultation the LSC, together with the Working Group, have decided to offer extensions to the current Panel Contracts for Very High Cost Cases.
Copies of these contract amendment notices can be found under documents.
Panel membership
See Documents for lists of:
- panel members: by name and by location
- panel advocates: by name and by location.
Advocates on the panel will be offered the opportunity to carry out some of the most high profile and highest paid criminal cases.
Last updated: 15 June 2009