The legal profession appears to be resistant to proposals that its members collect fees from those deemed able to pay a share of their defence costs ("Hundreds of lawyers protest at £4m cuts", The Herald, November 14).
The legal profession appears to be resistant to proposals that its members collect fees from those deemed able to pay a share of their defence costs (\"Hundreds of lawyers protest at £4m cuts\", The Herald, November 14).
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Perhaps this reluctance is based on the experience of those who practise NHS dentistry who have toiled under a similar scheme for decades. It would be difficult to find many dentists who believe a method of funding which penalises those patients who are in work actually increases the standard of dental treatment, or is the optimum method of improving dental health.
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Legal aid changes are 'unnecessary'
The legal profession appears to be resistant to proposals that its members collect fees from those deemed able to pay a share of their defence costs ("Hundreds of lawyers protest at £4m cuts", The Herald, November 14).
Perhaps this reluctance is based on the experience of those who practise NHS dentistry who have toiled under a similar scheme for decades. It would be difficult to find many dentists who believe a method of funding which penalises those patients who are in work actually increases the standard of dental treatment, or is the optimum method of improving dental health.
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