Introduction
Overview
A.
Funding of legal services (Parts I & II – sections 1-34 )
B.
Provision of legal services (Part III – sections 35-53)
C.
Appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings (Part IV - sections 54-73)
D.
Magistrates and magistrates’ courts (Part V - sections 74-97)
E.
Immunity and indemnity (Parts VI - sections 98-104)
FUNDING OF LEGAL SERVICES (Parts I & II, sections 1-34)
Summary
Community Legal Service
Criminal Defence Service
Conditional fees etc.
Background
Legal Aid
Quality assurance and contract pilots
Advice sector
Conditional fees
Commentary
Part I: The Legal Services Commission
The Commission
The Community Legal Service
The Criminal Defence Service
Supplementary
Part II: Other funding of legal services
Conditional fee and litigation funding agreements
Costs
Legal aid in Scotland
PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES (Sections 35-53)
Rights of audience etc.
Complaints handling
The Legal Services Consultative Panel
Rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation
Barristers and solicitors
Legal Services Ombudsman
Legal Services Complaints Commissioner
Public notaries
APPEALS, COURTS, ETC. (Part IV - sections 54-73)
Appeals
Civil division of Court of Appeal
High Court
Crown Court
Judges etc.
Court proceedings
MAGISTRATES AND MAGISTRATES’ COURTS (Part V - sections 74-97)
Organisation and management of the magistrates’ courts service
Altering territorial units
Constitution and funding of MCCs
A single authority for London
Justices’ clerks and justices’ chief executives
Unification of the stipendiary bench
Committals for sentence
Execution of warrants
Territorial organisation
Justices
Magistrates’ courts committees (MCCs)
Justices’ chief executives, justices’ clerks and staff
IMMUNITY AND INDEMNITY (Part VI - sections 98-104)
Justices and their clerks
General Commissioners of income tax and their clerks
Coroners
Commencement
Funding of legal services
Provision of legal services
Appeals, courts, judges and court proceedings
Magistrates and magistrates’ courts
Immunity and indemnity
Parliamentary Progress
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