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Pplice station standby always attracted an hourly rate ( at the generous rate of £3.85 an hour as I recall). without a Duty solicitor clearing their lives for 24 hours or more at the weekend the scheme cannot function; it is as much work as waiting for a case to be called on at court or attending court as a duty solicitor. Recently I did back to back duties for 72 hours.....not a bean of work came from it but during that time I had to be within 45 minutes of the relevant police stations and more annoyingly entirely sober; why that doesn't count towards the 14 hours is scandalous. And, it seems that the LAA are deciding what is work and what is not as they go along.

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