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Colin Lancaster
Scottish Legal Aid Board |
Colin Lancaster joined the Scottish Legal Aid Board in 1997. Since then he has been involved in a number of major projects, including those to introduce a Code of Practice for criminal legal assistance, the pilot Public Defence Solicitors Office and fixed payments for summary criminal legal aid. Since 2000, he has been heavily involved in work to develop policy on community legal services. He participated in the Review of Legal Advice and Information in Scotland and oversaw the development and implementation of the Part V pilot projects. More recently, he has been working with the Executive to take forward the 'next steps' set out in the Review report, including work with a pilot partnership in Glasgow and the development of research to assess need for legal and advice services. Colin is also responsible for the Board's research and policy programme, as part of which the Board has published reports into the fall in civil legal aid applications and the distribution of supply of solicitors' services. Colin was awarded his PhD in December 2002. His thesis explored the development of community law centres in the UK.