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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has spent more than £93m funding defence counsel in cases that did not go to trial, the National Audit Office has found. According to the public spending watchdog’s Efficiency in the criminal justice system report, published today, two-thirds of cases did not progress as planned despite case management improving since 2010-11. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has spent more than £93m funding defence counsel in cases that did not go to trial, the National Audit Office has found. According to the public spending watchdog’s Efficiency in the criminal justice system report, published today, two-thirds of cases did not progress as planned despite case management improving since 2010-11. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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