The resilience fund setup to encourage legal professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic is failing to provide, Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) has cautioned.
“We know there’s a high success rate, the amounts upon which evaluations are made are factually faulty and projected earnings from grants under the legal help scheme during lockdown are biased,” that the GBA explained.
“This can be compounded by the addition of furlough obligations that have only preserved employees in employment since it was designed to and doesn’t recompense their companies for the extreme downturn in business because lockdown steps were introduced one year ago.”
The institution added:”As we anticipate the easing of lockdown and the resumption of court company to clear the significant backlogs which have surfaced, we implore you to get a way to solve the performance of the scheme that achieves the stated aim of ensuring access to justice to people in need.
“We’d be delighted to enter into further discussions with you about the adventures of our clients and participate with you to attain the frequent aim of providing resilience funding to all those legal help practices influenced.”
Julia McPartlin, president of Edinburgh Bar Association, yesterday advised The Herald the standards for the plot”does not make sense for us and there has been a good deal of disappointment”, but expressed optimism that the problem could be solved.
Mr Yousaf confirmed over the weekend that the standards has been examined on the rear of the initial wave of software.
Amanda Millar, president of the Law Society, stated:”This financing is a lifeline for companies fighting to keep the doors shut, and staff and volunteers in the Law Society are dedicated to doing everything that we can to make sure that everyone qualified to do this receives this unconditional assistance.”
