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ACAL Training Requirements
Training is open to all persons, whether they
are members of ACAL or not.
Training is not included in the Membership or Solicitors’ List fees.
Current course prices are set out in our Course Program.
To join the Solicitor's List one must demonstrate a commitment
to excellence in client care and expertise in the area of child abuse
compensation claims. Training courses
attended in the past, as well as recent and relevant case experience will
be taken into consideration as part of the application process.
- In a change to the rules governing the membership of the panel, at
our AGM on 13th October 2008 it was resolved that the requirement to
attend specific training courses run by ACAL will be dropped in favour
of a re-accreditation procedure every 5 years.
To apply for membership of the specialist panel, practitioners will
need to complete an application form and pay the relevant administration
fee (currently £500.00 per annum). Once accepted onto the panel,
panel membership will last for 5 years (as long as the annual administration
fee is paid every year). After the 5th year, should the practitioner
wish to maintain their membership of the panel, a re-accreditation application
must be submitted, with the relevant annual fee. Practical
experience as well as regular training
completed will be taken into account. This is to ensure that
ACAL maintains its commitment to the public that practitioners on the
panel have current and relevant experience in the area of child abuse
compensation claims. The scheme is therefore broadly similar to the
operation of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel re-accreditation
scheme, of which many practitioners will be aware. These new rules governing
the operation of the panel will commence from
1st March 2009. A simplified procedure for renewing one's panel
membership within the 5 year period will be in operation in tandem with
the new re-accreditation scheme.
- Membership of the Solicitor’s
List will enable the successful applicant to be
referred to potential clients who contact ACAL. One of ACAL’s
roles is to ‘signpost’ legal services for members of the
public and the details in this application form may be provided to callers
to the ACAL office to allow them to make an informed choice as to which
lawyer to contact and instruct. ACAL may also publish and distribute
the information gathered for the establishment of the Solicitor’s
List in order to raise awareness of the scheme among members of the
public.
For details of courses we provide click
here. If you want to book any of them email
us
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