(581)  LEGAL AID ROW: PEACE TALKS? 

LEGAL AID ROW: PEACE TALKS? 

The Scotsman for 6 July 2006 reported that the Glasgow Bar Association was to vote the following week on whether to suspend its action of refusing to appear for alleged sex offenders from 1 August, initiated in pursuit of its members’ argument for an increase in criminal legal aid rates (see Nos 561, 564, 567).  Talks described as constructive” had taken place between the Deputy Justice Minister