Public Family Law And Solicitors

EDM number 1737 in 2006-07, proposed by John Hemming on 20/06/2007.

That this House notes that it is common practice for a firm of solicitors to perform outsourced work for a local authority and also to represent parents when parties in cases against the same local authority; notes and is surprised that this conflict of interest is acceptable under the professional conduct rules; understands that some parents would be surprised to find that this is the case; and calls for the Law Society to require that parents be asked to confirm in writing that they recognise that the firm they are instructing is conflicted in this way as part of the client engagement process.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Hemming	20/06/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	20/06/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nick Harvey	21/06/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	21/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	21/06/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	21/06/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Brian Iddon	25/06/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/06/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	25/06/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/06/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	26/06/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/06/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	27/06/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	27/06/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	27/06/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	27/06/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/06/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/07/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/07/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/07/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	25/07/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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