Revealed: MoJ’s £400k bill for abandoned legal aid contracts

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm24th March 2016

The Law Gazette The government spent more than £400,000 on an abortive attempt to impose new criminal legal aid reforms, the Gazette has learned. In January, 14 months after the procurement process for 527 duty provider contracts began, justice secretary Michael Gove (pictured) announced that he had decided not to introduce the controversial new contracting…

Don’t refund online fraud victims, Met chief tells banks

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm24th March 2016

The Guardian Bernard Hogan-Howe blames online theft on ‘bad behaviour’ of customers who have poor internet security and says focus should be on prevention Cybercrime victims have themselves to blame for not keeping their security up to date, the Met chief has said. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Banks should not refund victims of online fraud…