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<p>A key part the Attorney General’s role as head of the profession is meeting regularly
with the leaders of the Professional bodies to discuss matters of relevance within
the criminal justice system including the Chair of the Bar Council, the Chair of the
Criminal Bar Association, the President of the Law Society and the Bar Circuit Leaders.
These valuable and productive meetings enable the Law Officers to understand the issues
affecting front-line practitioners, so that they are able to articulate their concerns
to ministerial colleagues to ensure that in the development of government policy,
the views of the profession are reflected and understood.</p><p> </p><p>Agendas for
these meetings are prepared so as to allow flexibility, in order to allow for discussion
of topical issues. Such issues include the views of practitioners on the Crown Court
backlog, government initiatives such as the roll out of s.28 and how we are working
together to improve the system performance in relation to rape cases.</p><p> </p><p>The
regular monthly meetings of the Bar Council are attended either by the Attorney or
the Solicitor General, so as to allow the Law Officers a full understanding of the
issues that are affecting front-line practitioners.</p>
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