Law Society receives details of criminal legal aid assignment changes
The New Zealand Law Society says the Legal Services Agency (LSA) will be writing to all criminal legal aid lawyers early next week with details of changes to the assignment of categories 1 and 2 criminal legal aid cases.
The Society says it has been advised that from late November 2010, criminal lawyers will need to be on a assignment list to receive categories 1 and 2 cases. Lawyers will be asked asked to let the LSA know their preference of assignment list and the specific courts they want to receive assignments from. Read more...