BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR STAFF

You can read about our corporate governance in this section.

Board Members and how we are managed

Our work is overseen by Board Members, who are appointed by Scottish Ministers (the number of Members can vary between 11 and 15). To provide a balanced range of knowledge and experience, they include people from the wider community as well as solicitors and advocates.

• View details on the current Board Members and their term of appointment
  
  
• You can also read who the senior staff of the Board are
  
  
• View our current management structure

• Disclosure of names and salary details:

  To fulfil legitimate public interest, remuneration paid as at 31 December 2011 to its Chief Executive, as well as the fees paid to the Chair and Board members appointed to the Scottish Legal Aid Board, are disclosed as follows:

  • Lindsay, Montgomery, Chief Executive £105,000 - £109,999 a year
  • Chair daily fee is £301 for 104 days a year
  • Board member daily fee is £212 for 42 days a year

   

  Further information on the remuneration paid to the Chair and Board members is available at www.appointed-for-scotland.org/About-public-bodies/NDPB-Directory

About the Board Members

The Board operates a register of Board Members’ interests in line with the Code of Best Practice for Board Members of Public Bodies. This requires members to notify us of all relevant interests. The register is updated on a quarterly basis and is available for inspection upon request at our offices and below on this site.

• Board Members' Code of Conduct
  
  
• Board Members' Register of Interests - as at November 2011

Board committees

• Read about the committees of the Board and their membership, including co-opted members and reporters
• Minutes of the Board and Legal Services Committee - read more
• Programme of Board and committee meetings for the current year

Management Statement and Financial Memorandum for the Scottish Legal Aid Board

The management statement and financial memorandum set out the broad framework within which the Board will operate, in particular:

• the rules and guidelines relevant to the exercise of the Board’s functions, duties and powers;
• the conditions under which any public funds are paid to the Board;
• how the Board is to be held to account for its performance.

The financial memorandum sets out in greater detail certain aspects of the financial provisions that the Board is required to observe.

Other information about our legal framework

We publish information on how the Board was established and its legal standing. You can read about the history of legal aid and read the legislation that established the Board in our Scottish Legal Aid Handbook.

We also publish the following information in printed format only. Please contact us if you wish to obtain a copy, providing your contact details and which material you wish.

• Accountable Officer's Letter of appointment
• Standing orders for Board Committees
  

Appointments to Public Bodies by the Scottish Government
Board Members are appointed by Scottish Ministers. You can find out more on appointment's to public bodies the Scottish Government''s website. This section provides background on appointments to the boards of Scottish public bodies and gives details of current vacancies. Information on current Board members of the Scottish Legal Aid Board also available on the Scottish Government's website.