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Corporate Compliance under the Modern Slavery Act 2015: Transparency in Supply Chains
The introduction of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Act has placed a burden on certain companies to produce and publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement from the financial year ending on or after 31st March 2016. Any company to which…
Birds Solicitors welcomes Allan Briddock to our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Department
Birds Solicitors is pleased to welcome Allan Briddock as a Consultant to the firm. Allan is a barrister and was called to the Bar in 2000. Allan joins our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Department and will be advising our clients in relation to challenges…
Operation Cotton – costs and conflicts
Chris Grayling may consider the judgment today in the Court of Appeal to reverse the stay on the Operation Cotton fraud trial as some kind of success in his battle against those who defend cases in the criminal justice system. If anything, it is likely…
Birds Solicitors Limited Diversity Data 2015
We are obliged by the SRA to publish our Diversity data. Unfortunately we are unable to publish the results in a formatted table at present or as an attachment. However, we hope that this will be rectified shortly. We can make the information available in…
Vacancy in Prison Law Department
Birds Solicitors is seeking to recruit a paralegal, solicitor or barrister to expand our prison law department with immediate effect. We are reasonably flexible as to the terms of employment whether conventionally employed or operating as a self-employed consultant on a full or part time…
The current problems with legal aid for criminal cases
This firm is committed to providing its clients with a top quality service whether they are privately instructing us or we are acting under the legal aid scheme. Access to proper legal advice and representation, access to justice should not depend on your income. It…
The new contract fees considered: the real cost of the cuts
This blog looks at the real cost of the cuts which go beyond the advertised 17.5% in many instances. Police stations In relation to the London Police Station fees, from 11th January 2016 when the new own client and tendered duty contracts are due to…
Letter to the Bar
Dear Member of the Bar Dual Contracts We endorse the open letter drafted by the committees of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association and the Criminal Law Solicitors Association to members of the Bar which seeks to explain the effect that the implementation of dual…