The MCP Criminal Law team have several reasons to celebrate at the moment!

MCP’s quality and experience leads to a new Crime Contracts

MCP is very pleased to report that its expert Criminal Law team have been granted government contracts to continue and expand their regional defence work at police stations, Magistrates Courts and the Crown Court.

Until recently over 1700 law firms were entitled to provide duty solicitor defence work at the police station and the Magistrates Court, but following a recent procurement process carried out by the Ministry of Justice this figure has been significantly reduced to just 527 separate contracts to cover England and Wales.

This Process involved close scrutiny of each firms practice, policies and procedures including information on the quality and experience of the staff in the Criminal Law Team and in the Firm as a whole.

On 15th October the MCP team were delighted to learn that they were among just a handful of firms who had been granted Contracts in both areas they had applied for, namely Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and also Cambridgeshire. The new Contracts will see a significant increase in workload and will commence on 1st April 2016. All the team are looking forward to continuing the legal work which most of the team has been doing for many years at the very highest level.

Accreditations

The Criminal Law team have also achieved two major national accreditations this year.

The team was yet again rated by Chambers and Partners Legal Directory 2015 as a top Band 1 provider of criminal defence services in both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire http://www.chambersandpartners.com/17147/347/editorial/1/1

The team’s dedication to their work has also been recognised by the Legal 500 Directory 2015, with the team being rated as a Top Tier Firm in both general crime and the specialised fraud categories

http://www.legal500.com/c/east-anglia/crime-fraud-and-licensing/crime-fraud

http://www.legal500.com/c/east-anglia/crime-fraud-and-licensing/crime-general

As the cherry on the cake this year we were also shortlisted (as the top firm in East Anglia) for the Legal 500 Awards 2015 in the Crime Regional section, narrowly missing out on the national award.

Alison Muir, Partner and Head of the Criminal Law team said, “We are all very proud of the achievements of the team and are proud to be associated with its success”.

For further information, or if you need confidential advice in relation to a Criminal Law matter, please contact Alison Muir (alison.muir@mcp-law.co.uk  01553 778102)