Better Advice and Costs Under New Legal Services Panel
Source: Victoria. Attorney General. Media Release
"Changes to the Government Legal Services Panel will achieve a better balance between large and smaller firms while continuing to provide the Brumby Government with access to high quality legal advice and representation at cost competitive rates. Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls said the number of firms in the new panel structure would be reduced from 35 to between 20 and 25.“The new structure is simpler and more focussed and implements key recommendations from an independent review of the panel arrangements,” Mr Hulls said.The Government created the panel arrangements in 2002 to secure high-quality legal services at competitive rates and achieve social policy objectives through the purchasing of legal services."