IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C4.7, Convention Centre, Level 4
Session information
Legal aid and best practice: guidance for all jurisdictions
Tuesday 10 October (0930 - 1230)
Room C4.7, Convention Centre, Level 4
Committee(s)
Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee
(Lead)
Bar Issues Commission
(Lead)
Forum for Barristers and Advocates
Judges' Forum
Description
The Bar Issues Commission and the Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee are collaborating on developing guidance on what works in creating a good legal aid system. The first step of the process was the very successful legal aid roundtable in conjunction with the Bar Leaders Conference in Belfast, at which many bar leaders observed the high-quality discussion of many of the world’s leading legal aid experts. The member organisations together with other IBA constituents will have received the consultation document prepared taking into consideration the findings of the legal aid roundtable, and this session will provide an opportunity to discuss early responses to the consultation document, and for the audience to give their thoughts. There will be short presentations on the most important proposed guidelines, followed by audience observations.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Péter Köves | Lakatos Köves and Partners, Budapest, Hungary; BIC Chair |
| Lucy Scott-Moncrieff CBE | Scott-Moncrieff and Associates Ltd, London, England; Co-Chair, Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee |
Speakers
| Andrew Langdon KC | The Bar Council, London, England; President / Chairperson, Member Organisations |
| Pavlo Petrenko | Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Mark Woods | Law Council of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Co-Chair, Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee |