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The North West Legal Consortium is to extend its Barristers Portal for a further period of four years to the end of March 2025.

Details: 14.Jun.2021

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The current portal has 16 sets of chambers registered to it.

The NWLC said existing sets were being asked if they wished to remain on the Portal. The consortium added that it was looking to recruit new sets to offer you an even greater range of chambers from whom to commission work.

Chambers interested in the opportunity should contact Beryl Heath at so she can arrange for them to receive a Registration Pack.

In May 2020 the NWLC appointed 14 firms to its latest four-year solicitors framework agreement.