Two cheers for the LSC

Practitioners may be taken by surprise by a change in legal help financial eligibility forself-employed people.Previously, gross income (before expenses) was important.

Now, it is only actual drawings which are relevant.References are Legal Aid Handbook 98/99 p25 and Legal Service Commission Volume 2 2C-009.

Key card No 31 issued by the LSC as recently as 1 April 2000 is out of date.

A new Key card will be issued reasonably soon.Well done to the Legal Services Commission for putting right an anomaly which has caused financial hardship to many people.

Only two cheers, though, because the change has not been well publicised.Charles James, James & Co, Bradford