Bruce Edgington
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A retrograde step: scrapping trainee minimum
Charles Plant, chair of the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, says that the trainee solicitors’ minimum salary was introduced by the Law Society in 1982 ‘to prevent exploitation and attract high-calibre entrants. However, there is little evidence that it meets these aims effectively’ (By the Book).
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Cafcass problem
Your report of Anthony Douglas’ comments on A County Council v K and others [2011] EWHC 1672 underlines the view held by many children panel solicitors that he is too fond of putting a gloss on any criticism of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).
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Child protection must come first
It is disappointing to see James Carter (Letters, 17 December 2009) jumping to the defence of the government in wanting press reporting of children’s cases without any proper research into how this will affect children.
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Blunt words from the sharp end
Why should executive directors at the LSC earn so much more than those at the sharp end of legal services?