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<p> </p><p> </p><p>We are still concluding the recruitment campaign from 20 January
2014 and expect some further appointments to the PDS to be confirmed as a result of
that.</p><p> </p><p>In the current circumstances the Government will take the necessary
steps to ensure availability of representation in Very High Cost Cases in which legally
aided defendants are currently unrepresented. This could include increasing the capacity
of the Public Defender Service. It remains open to the self-employed Bar to accept
instructions on these cases, and we would welcome the maximum possible participation
of the self-employed Bar in this regard.</p><p> </p>
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