Information for service providers

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Opening times
Duty solicitor scheme
Contacting us by email
Customer Services
Yorkshire & Humberside Regional CJS

Opening Times

In all offices telephone lines and reception open at 9am and close at 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Duty solicitor scheme

The duty solicitor service provides free advice and assistance at the police station and at court.

The service is provided by:

private firms of solicitors operating in the North region
the Public Defender Service.

Solicitors are allocated to the scheme on a rota basis.

Look at the table to see who to contact.

Office	Who to contact
Manchester	Chris Jeacock and Carrie Costin
Leeds & South Tyneside	Helen Ruddock
Liverpool	Carrie Costin

Contacting us by email

We are happy to receive correspondence via email however:

we are not able to accept any enquiry either on an individual case or of a general note
we are not able to accept any applications, amendments, appeals or claims for payment via email - please send these as hard copy to our postal addresses.

Please email:

Customer Services

If you have any comments about the customer services offered by our offices, please dial the following numbers

Leeds	0113 390 7300
Liverpool	0151 242 5200
Manchester	0845 602 1400
South Tyneside	0191 428 3600

Yorkshire & Humberside Regional CJS

CJS Meetings

Following feedback on the future role and structure of our Regional Defence Solicitor Committees, providers requested a forum to discuss and feedback on both LSC matters and matters pertaining to the wider justice system environment.

We hold meetings in each of the CJS areas, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Humberside.

All criminal contract holders are invited to send along a representative from your firm to your local meeting. However, places are limited.

Please email: leeds@legalservices.gov.uk to reserve your place, no later than a week before the meeting. Please also send any additional items for the agenda or other comments to this email address.

Humberside CJS

The date of the next meeting will be announced shortly
Agenda for next meeting will appear shortly
Minutes of meeting on 13 September 2007

South Yorkshire CJS

The date of the next meeting will be announced shortly
Agenda for next meeting will appear shortly
Minutes of meeting on 6 September 2007

West Yorkshire CJS

The next meeting will be held on 29 April
Agenda for next meeting will appear shortly
Minutes of meeting on 6 December 2007

For the minutes and agendas of any previous meetings, please contact Wendy Corbin.

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Last updated: 21 August 2008