The Gazette 1967/71

The N.C.C.L. is calling for better legal assist ance for prisoners. In spite of the recommendations of the 1966 Widgery committee, the report says, legal advice was still not readily available to convicted prisoners considering appeal, or to those held by the police before appearing in court. The findings show, according to the report, that, subject to financial need, legal aid should be granted as of right in all serious criminal cases and in all bail applications to a judge against a A survey by Mr. Michael Zander, included in the report, indicates that many criminal offenders sent to prison or detention centres had no legal . magistrate's refusal to arant it.

ment income of a disabled child is unearned. The conference also decided to call on the Government to legislate for compulsory Road Traffic Act insurance to include passenger cover, and authorized its executive to register the asso ciation as a trade union. taxed as

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"Act and be Damned" Attitude in Parliament ...... 142

Auctioneer — see Estate Agent

Admission Ceremony (June) .............................. 17 Agreement to Pay Vendor s Cost must be in writing 54 Mr. Alien, Galway, Appointed Connaught Provincial Delegate ................................................... 73 Am^Xlnd^^^S;i Ad^:eIntereStS~RirtieS mUSt 116 „ rr (December) ....................... 72 Finance ..................................................... 67 iduc^io^0"..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.':::.'.'.:: \\\\\\\\'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 67 Service for Members .................................... 67 Professional Negligence Insurance .................. 68 The King's Hospital .................................... 69 Fair Trade commission .............................. 69 Criminal Legal Aid Scheme ........................ 69

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Legally aided persons acquitted of criminal charges should not normally be ordered to con-

tribute towards payment of their costs, the report Annual General Meeting (Dublin) says. If a man was found guilty and imprisoned,

a contribution order would not usually be made. The report criticizes the lack of lay participation in the lesal aid scheme, and proposes the setting up of a committee, mainly of laymen, to consider representation at tribunals, the independent invest!- gation of complaints against lawyer and partici- . - .^ . , r , . .,

^S^£^^^.^^""—"- % pation by citizens' advice bureaux in legal aid Apprenticeship and Education (Amendment) Regu- committees. lations 1969 ......................................... 24 Conclusions of the report on the large unmet ^^^^^^e^ T^^s.;^^:_ g need for leaal services in the country are similar Athlone Chamber of Commerce ........................... 112 to those contained in a report by Labour lawyers, Barristers appearing in Court without Solicitors ...... 137 , ,. f . into Bankruptcy—Recession of Receiving Order ............ 37 Justice jor All, published m 1968. Bar Presses for Legal Aid Fee ........................... 109 The report's proposals for raising the financial Beeching Plan for Judges .................................... 81 limits for civil legal aid, extending the legal advice Bookc££l.The Growth of the Law ............... 90 scheme and experimenting With special local Donner—The Role of the Lawyer in the centres for legal assistance are already widely European Communities .......................... 61 , Graveson—Law, An Outline ........................ 90 supported. _ Haccius—Introduction to Irish Death Duties ... 12 Last January the Lord Chancellor's advisory Kohn and Graveson—Uniform Laws on Inter- committee endorsed the Law Society's plan for ^^^jg^^^c^^"--— % an extended legal advice scheme, and lor liaison Megarry_Arabinesque at Law ..................... 61 officers to link up with citizen's bureaux in poor Montrose—Precedent in English Law ............ 38 ,,rK.,r, arpnc "Rut th* r,rAnncals Jiavp vpt to be Szakats—Compensation for Road Accidents ...... 61 urban areas. But the proposals have yet to oe way—Students Guide to Law Libraries ......... 90 implemented. Breath Tests Off Road Valid (R. v. Jones) ............ 79 Legal Aid as a Social Service, The Cobden r^ ,,-,•, x~i i TT- i OA i T j XT v»7 1 Building Solicitor furnishing Title to Sender ......... 132 Trust, 152 Camden High Street, London, N.W.I. Certific|te of Discharge from Death Duties ............ 33 Change of Solicitor, Costs ................................. 100 DISABLED CHILD TAX PLEA Circuit Court (Alteration of Circuit) Order 1969 ...... 62 ... , . , , Golfer, John—Order under Solicitors Acts ............ 128 The British Legal Association, which represents Community Information Centre .......................... 31 about 3,000 solicitors, aareed at its annual COn- Company Formation—Activities of Outsiders ......... 44 r ' < XT <-*• u *" Q«tl f^ oc-1- tlic. r^Vnn Compensation—Date for Assessing Value .............. 63 ference at Nottingham recently to ask the Uian- Com£letion of sale - Commissioner's Fees on cellor of the Exchequer to ensure that no invest- Memorial to be paid by Vendor's Solicitor ...... 47 161