VERY HIGH COST CASE (CRIME) PANEL CONTRACT FOR PANEL MEMBERSVery High Cost Case (Vhcc) Panel Contract • October 30th, 2013
CLAUSE SUBJECT PAGE 1 Definitions 7 2 Contract documents 10 3 Membership of the Panel 11 4 Conditional Panel membership 11 5 How the VHCC scheme will operate 11 6 Police station work 12 7 VHCC contracting process timetable 12 8 Notification of VHCCs to the CCU 13 9 Contracting decision: if the case a VHCC or not? 13 10 Conflicts of interest 14 11 Panel term 15 12 Relationship 16 13 Continuous improvement 16 14 The Defence Team 16 15 General conditions of carrying out VHCC Work 16 16 Provision of information 18 17 Accepting instructions to act privately 18 18 Previous work conducted for the same client on the same matter 18 19 Quality Standards 19 20 Best Value Protocol 19 21 Rates of pay 19 22 Payment and disbursements 19 23 Instructing Advocates and experts 20 24 Communication and key contacts 20 25 IT requirements 20
VERY HIGH COST CASE (CRIME) PANEL CONTRACT FOR PANEL ADVOCATESVery High Cost Case (Vhcc) Panel Contract • October 30th, 2013
CLAUSE SUBJECT PAGE 1 Definitions 6 2 Contract documents 9 3 Membership of the Panel 9 4 How the VHCC scheme will operate 9 5 VHCC contracting process timetable 10 6 Notification of VHCCs to the CCU 10 7 Contracting decision: if the case a VHCC or not? 10 8 Conflicts of interest 12 9 Panel term 12 10 Relationship 13 11 Continuous improvement 13 12 General conditions of carrying out VHCC Work 13 13 Provision of information 14 14 Accepting instructions to act privately 15 15 Previous work conducted for the same client on the same matter 15 16 Quality Standards: the Specialist Quality Mark 15 17 Best Value Protocol 16 18 Rates of pay 16 19 Payment and disbursements 16 20 Communication and key contacts 16 21 IT requirements 16 22 Breach of contract 17
