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23-Dec-20, 03:05
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
Supporting The Legal Profession - Funding Of Up To £20 Million Available For Solicitors
Legal aid solicitors will benefit from a 10% uplift in legal aid fees and have access to a £9 million fund to help those experiencing hardship as a result of COVID-19. Following meetings with the Law Society of Scotland, the Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed a package of further support made up of: a 10% uplift in fees to be delivered over the next two financial years a resilience fund of up to £9 million of grants available to support legal aid solicitors and Law Centres who have had a loss of legal aid income due to Covid and reform of fees for criminal summary and solemn business including an enhanced fee for appropriate guilty pleas in solemn cases Alongside the existing offer of up to £1 million to fund up to 40 trainees in legal aid firms, it means the total package of Scottish Government support for the legal aid sector will be up to £20 million. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/12708)]
Supporting The Legal Profession - Funding Of Up To £20 Million Available For Solicitors
Legal aid solicitors will benefit from a 10% uplift in legal aid fees and have access to a £9 million fund to help those experiencing hardship as a result of COVID-19. Following meetings with the Law Society of Scotland, the Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed a package of further support made up of: a 10% uplift in fees to be delivered over the next two financial years a resilience fund of up to £9 million of grants available to support legal aid solicitors and Law Centres who have had a loss of legal aid income due to Covid and reform of fees for criminal summary and solemn business including an enhanced fee for appropriate guilty pleas in solemn cases Alongside the existing offer of up to £1 million to fund up to 40 trainees in legal aid firms, it means the total package of Scottish Government support for the legal aid sector will be up to £20 million. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/12708)]