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Respect my prior authoriteh !
“I guess one person can make a difference… but most of the time, they probably shouldn’t” – Marge Simpson I would be very interested to know if this is a local problem, or more widespread, but...
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Finally – resolution on prior authority!!!! (sort of, but not really)
Our beloved President (and honestly, no sarcasm here, I am delighted!) has finally tackled the Prior Authority issue. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2012/1442.html In DS & Ors (Children)...
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some titbits from the Justice Ryder talk
A few pieces of information that weren’t necessarily known before, that emerged from a talk he kindly gave in my neck of the woods. I arrived late, so if I missed any announcement about Chatham...
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has a point been spectacularly missed? (warning, contains some maths)
Or math, if you’re American, in which case “hello, and you really don’t need to read this” The LSC have decided that from 1st October 2012, any application for Prior Authority on experts will be...
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Passing the prior authority parcel
I’ve talked before about the new decision of the LSC to not grant prior authority for cases any more, and why that is actually worse that the already awful situation we had pre October (as they won’t...
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When to apply for prior authority (and how long the LSC thinks assessments take)
There has finally been some guidance published about this vexed issue. You may recall previous anguished blogs by me about this, most particularly that the last system (“don’t apply for prior authority...
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LAA LAA land (or judicially reviewing the legal aid bods and winning)
Ooh, exciting. I am grateful to M’learned friend Miss Eleanor Battie of counsel for highlighting this case to me. T, R and Legal Aid Agency 2013 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2013/960.html...
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