INTERIM REPORT: REVIEW OF SUPPORT FOR IN-HOUSE SOLICITORS
This independent review report, written and produced by Tony
Guise, aims to collate themes from the research
undertaken prior to Mr Guise preparing his final report. The
interim report highlighted issues that required more
discussion and understanding, to provoke debate, and to aid
the next phase of work.
The report does not make any final conclusions or
recommendations, but collates what has been said so far to allow
those involved to respond with clarification and further
evidence. It also allowed for ideas to be refined and
sharpened ahead of the final report which will be published later
in the year.
To ensure that all members could contribute at this stage, the
Society published the report in full to welcome views
from in house solicitor members. One 'focus group' to discuss
the report took place on 17 May 2011, and the findings were also
extensively debated at an Emerging thinking event on
7 September 2011. Appreviated reports of the matters discussed
at each meeting can be found here
for the meeting on 17 May and here for the
meeting on 7 September.
We encouraged local and national groups of members to
discuss and respond to the report. The deadline for
all responses was Friday 16 September 2011.
The interim report is available to download here.
An extensive set of appendices underpins the work of the
report. These are referred to in the main text, but not
included in the download above as they significantly add to the
length of the report. The appendices can be download below,
either with the full report, as a set, or individually.
In some cases these appendices collate a variety of sources for
the Interim Report simply in the format they were initially
available to the review team (without significant formatting) but
that key information will be reflected in the Final Report in a
more accessible form.
Option 1: All Appendices (322 pages,
27MB) - Link to Combined
Appendices
Option 2: Individual Appendices
1. Constitution of the ILG (0.4MB) - Link to Appendix 1
2. Communication channels used by ILG (6MB) - Link to Appendix 2
3. Guidance note to being an in house lawyer (0.6MB) - Link to Appendix 3
4. Materials relevant to the finances of ILG (4MB) - Link to Appendix 4
5. ILG Committee meeting agendas and minutes (3MB) - Link to Appendix 5
6. Trainees as part of the in house role (0.5MB) - Link to Appendix 6
7. Human resources devoted by LSS to ILG activities -
materials (0.2MB) - Link to Appendix 7
8. List of persons met and received communications from me
(0.2MB) - Link to Appendix 8
9. Communication channels adopted by the Review
(0.8MB) - Link to Appendix 9
10. LSS Committees with ILG members (0.3MB) - Link to Appendix 10
11. Canadian Bar issue (0.7MB) - Link to Appendix
11
12. GCScot (0.2MB) - Link to Appendix 12
13. LSS Travel Policy (0.2MB) - Link to Appendix 13
14. Sample LSS Committee Remit documents (0.3MB) -
Link to Appendix 14
15. Analysis of survey responses (12MB) - Link to Appendix 15