tailieunhanh - Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales Audit Opinion_part1

Ủy ban không thể để đo lường Ảnh chụp hoạt động Aid NSW pháp lý của nó là một tổ chức nhà nước rộng cung cấp các dịch vụ pháp lý để xã hội và thực hiện ở những người có hoàn cảnh khó khăn kinh tế trên khắp tiểu bang NSW | Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales Audit Opinion The audit of the Commission s financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2011 resulted in an unmodified audit opinion within the Independent Auditor s Report. Unless otherwise stated the following commentary relates to the consolidated entity. Operational Snapshot Legal Aid NSW is a State-wide organisation providing legal services to socially and economically disadvantaged people across NSW. The legal services provided include most areas of criminal family and civil law and are delivered in partnership with the private legal profession. In 2010-11 the net cost of operating the Commission was 168 million 156 million . The Commission is a not-for-profit entity funded mainly by government contributions. Key Issues Time Costing System Recommendation The Commission should consider introducing a formal costing system requiring legal practitioners to charge their time to specific cases and other matters. This will enable preparation of individual case budgets against which management can compare actual costs and measure benchmark performance. Unlike most other professional services entities such as law firms and accounting practices the Commission does not have a system to record time spent by legal practitioners and other costs incurred on individual cases. This makes it difficult for the Commission to determine the average cost or duration of cases and to compare against budgets benchmark performance against other jurisdictions or similar entities assess the performance of external practitioners compared to internal practitioners assess how efficient and economical it is in conducting cases. Section 12 of the Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 requires the Commission to ensure that legal aid is provided in the most effective efficient and economical manner . In the absence of a formal costing system to help measure its performance I am unsure how the Commission is able to clearly demonstrate it is complying with its