This content has been automatically generated from the original PDF and some formatting may have been lost. Let us know if you find any major problems.
Text in this format is not official and should not be relied upon to extract citations or propose amendments. Please see the PDF for the official version of the document.
Legal Aid Review Panel
Records of Meetings
Year: 2022
The following records of meetings have been approved by the Panel. Signed
Chairman
Deputy Steve Ahier
Legal Aid Review Panel
Record of Meeting Meeting held by Video Conference
Date: 7th January 2022
Present | Deputy Steve Ahier (Chair) Deputy David Johnson Deputy Rob Ward |
Apologies |
|
In attendance | Anna Thorne , Committee and Panel Officer Peter Lamy , Research and Project Officer Item 1 only Adam Clarke, Judicial Greffier Neville Benbow, Chief Executive Officer, Law Society of Jersey David Le Marquand, Policy Officer |
Agenda matter | Action |
1. Legal Aid Guidelines Briefing The Panel welcomed the Judicial Greffier and the Chief Executive of the Law Society as representatives of the Legal Aid Guidelines Advisory Committee, who briefed it on R.191/2021 Publication of the Legal Aid Guidelines. This meeting was held in private in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (as amended) under Qualified Exemption Article 35. |
|
2. Forward actions The Panel discussed points raised within the briefing and its scrutiny work more widely. The Panel agreed that forming a comments paper on R.191/2021 Publication of Legal Aid Guidelines was not necessary, noting the previous work of the Panel and the timeframe. The Panel agreed that it should issue a press release highlighting: • The need for the Legal Aid Guidelines to be clearly communicated to the public, including ability to access the Legal Aid Scheme • That it was anticipated that the guidelines would not be debated The Panel noted that as Article 11 of the Access to Justice (Jersey) Law 2019 had not yet been brought into effect and that draft Regulations under Article 6 of the Costs in Criminal Cases (Jersey) Law 1961 were not lodged, its work would | AT/PL |
continue. |
07.01.2022