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Recommendation 4
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There appears to be a growing imbalance between the ability of criminal defence firms to...
Recommendation
There appears to be a growing imbalance between the ability of criminal defence firms to recruit and retain staff and that of the Crown Prosecution Service. It is fundamental to our adversarial justice system that criminal defence services have sufficient resources to provide high-quality representation to suspects and defendants. We recommend that the Government consider linking legal aid fees to the rates of pay of the Crown Prosecution Service.
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32
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
as part of his Independent Review into Criminal Legal Aid, including profitability (and hourly rates of pay in comparison to the Crown Prosecution Service reward package) and the provider pipeline. We will address this issue in our response to his review and have committed to responding to the Review’s final report before the end of 2021.