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====== DUTY SOLICITOR REQUIREMENTS ====== | ====== DUTY SOLICITOR REQUIREMENTS ====== | ||
- | .22 Your entitlement to deploy Duty Solicitors to undertake Duty Solicitor work | + | The contract is poorly drafted but essentially you need to do 12 court attendances and 12 police station each year. On top of that you need to do an additional 12 attendances which can be a mix of police and or court attendances. The court attendances can be at the magistrates or crown court. Thats a total of 36 attendances each year. |
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+ | But you also need to do 14 hours of relevant work. On top of that you need to do four police station duties each year. Bizarrely there is also a requirement that you do three police stations and three court attendances in each rolling month. | ||
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+ | 6.22 Your entitlement to deploy Duty Solicitors to undertake Duty Solicitor work | ||
and retain Duty Slots issued to you in their name under this Contract is | and retain Duty Slots issued to you in their name under this Contract is | ||
dependent on them each: | dependent on them each: | ||
- | (a) undertaking at least two hours CPD annually on issues relevant to the | + | a. undertaking at least two hours CPD annually on issues relevant to the |
law, practice and procedure in the Police Station or magistrates’ | law, practice and procedure in the Police Station or magistrates’ | ||
courts; | courts; | ||
- | (b) undertaking a minimum of 36 court hearings and Police Station | + | b. undertaking a minimum of 36 court hearings and Police Station |
attendances in each rolling 12 month period to include: | attendances in each rolling 12 month period to include: | ||
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iv. magistrates’ court Duty Slots including the representation of | iv. magistrates’ court Duty Slots including the representation of | ||
at least one client | at least one client | ||
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with at least three magistrates’ court or Crown Court hearings and at | with at least three magistrates’ court or Crown Court hearings and at | ||
least three Police Station attendances in each rolling three month | least three Police Station attendances in each rolling three month | ||
period; and | period; and | ||
- | (c) continuing to undertake Duty Solicitor work generally by, in each | + | c. continuing to undertake Duty Solicitor work generally by, in each |
rolling 12 months period, undertaking Police Station Duty Solicitor | rolling 12 months period, undertaking Police Station Duty Solicitor | ||
attendances (excluding telephone advice) on no less than four Duty | attendances (excluding telephone advice) on no less than four Duty | ||
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monthly basis to accommodate different working patterns. | monthly basis to accommodate different working patterns. | ||
- | + | There is a form here which should help: https://www.nocomment.law/forms.php#compliance |