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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1988
HE SAID THAT BECAUSE THE
SFC WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE CIVIL SERVICE, A BASIS HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED ON WHICH APPROPRIATE OCS STAFF WHO WISHED TO JOIN THE SFC COULD MAKE THE TRANSFER.
"THE PRESENT UNCERTAINTY OVER THEIR FUTURE, WHICH 18 UNAVOIDABLE UNTIL THE BILL IS PASSED, IS HAVING AN UNDERSTANDABLI NEGATIVE EFFECT ON MORALE.
"IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL CONCERNED ΤΟ BRING THIS UNCERTAINTY TO AN RND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HIGH PRIORITY 18 THEREFORE BEING GIVEN TO WORKING OUT PRACTICAL TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID.
WORKING GROUP SETS LOCALISATION TARGETS
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED THE INTRODUCTION OF MEASURES TO QUICKEN THE PACE OF LOCALISATION IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FURTHER LOCALISATION OF THE GENERAL'S CHAMBERS (AGC) ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPORT INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP CHAIRED BY THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, FRANK STOCK, QC.
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IN ITS REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE WORKING GROUP FOUND THAT EXISTING MEASURES LOCALISATION WERE INSUFFICIENT ΤΟ COUNTER INCENTIVES TO LEAVE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED TO EFFECT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN PROSPECTS FOR LOCAL COUNSEL.
ONE OF THE GROUP'S KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IS THE INTRODUCTION, ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, OF A "DOUBLE-LADDER" OF PROMOTION FOR LOCALS FROM CROWN COUNSEL (CC) TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL (SCC). THE AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL COUNSEL TO REMAIN IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THE GROUP HAS ALSO SET A TARGET DATE OF 1992, BY WHICH TIME IS HOPED TO HAVE 30 PER CENT OF DIRECTORATE POSTS AND 50 PER CENT SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL POSTS FILLED BY LOCALS.
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AT PRESENT OUT OF 250 COUNSELS EMPLOYED IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE LOCALS AND OF THE 44 DIRECTRATE POSTS THREE ARE HELD BY LOCALS.
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