Tax on firms just 'one of many options' as Gove looks to fill court funding gap
Justice Secretary switches tack to discuss greater pro bono contributions from firms with City senior partners
October 30, 2015 at 07:21 AM
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The government's mooted tax on City law firms is just one of several options for improving the UK court system under consideration by government, senior partners in the City were told at a series of meetings with justice secretary Michael Gove earlier this week.
Lord Chancellor Gove met with senior partners from top city firms twice this week to discuss how the legal elite could make further strides in making justice more accessible.
The meetings followed news last week that Gove was considering introducing a tax on the UK's largest law firms as a way of offsetting revenue the exchequer will lose from a separate plan to abolish controversial charges for defendants in the criminal courts.
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