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Scotland, Nov 23: Hundreds of legal firms are under a financial threat because of the lesser payment level for the criminal lawyers as put forth by the annual legal aid bill. The solicitors believe that the new changes will ruin the future of most of the lawyers and their supporting staff. The lesser payment level will compel the lawyers to spend lesser time for preparation for the individual cases and there by led to the miscarriage of justice.

The Legal Aid board of Scotland believes that the overhaul will lead the law firms to lose at least quarter of their income the situation that will make hundreds of solicitors jobless. Small firms will be adversely affected due to this as these firms are mostly functioning with a single lawyer and are expected to lose between 20 to 26 percent of their total revenue. Bigger firms that focus on the criminal cases will also have to travel through the tough terrain forward. But proportionally lesser number of lawyers will get financial benefit through this.

Without considering all these warnings the opposition party members welcomed the initiative to reduce the annual legal aid bill of Scotland. That includes changes in the legal aid fees intended to reflect the initiative to gear up the justice system.

The Convener of the legal aid solicitors committee under the Law Society of Scotland, Oliver Adair said: “We are aware of the dissatisfaction among criminal legal-aid practitioners about the projected changes. We don’t think the system will be practical whether for the practitioners or the public. This will restrict easy access to justice.”

The Tory justice spokesman, Bill Aitken said: “Lawyers need to remember we are dealing with taxpayers’ money. This is not a gravy train.”

While commenting on this a Scottish government spokesman said: “This is a genuine consultation - we will consider carefully what the profession and others say before finalising our proposals. The system will be more efficient and we will ensure that there is confidence in the system for all users and value for money.”

The implementation of the proposal in the long run will refine the legal system in a holistic manner.

November, 23

In a latest survey it was revealed that, the British manufactured cars are one of the most and least reliable on roads. This shocking fact was disclosed after a study on the older car models was done. In this survey Toyota Corolla models manufactured in Derbyshire topped the charts as the most reliable car. It was noticed that this car has been the least complaint car and reported just three faults per hundred models. In second position was Honda CR-V manufactured at Swindon with only five complaints.

The survey highlighted that the Japanese car models were built using a modern state of art techniques in comparison with the UK counterparts. This is quite visible from the study which showed, about six of the top ten most trustworthy cars are UK made Japanese models. Out of this the Land Rover and Jaguar are among the worst ten car models.

The main reason for this is the outdated car manufacturing factories; it also raises a question mark of the highly skilled workers and experts involved in the manufacturing process of these cars. This survey has highlighted the grey side of the British car sector which needs improvement.

Just giving some reasons to cheer for the British car manufacturing giant, the UK based MINI was named the fifth most reliable manufacturer. In the list for top cars the car making giant Honda has six of its different variants sitting quite happy.

Whatever the survey has revealed but still the British car industry has some reason to be happy for. Now one can hope in coming years that the British car manufacturers will improve they will gift some really reliable cars to the UK car lovers.