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Agency appointed to support recruitment of legal professionals for research

Cragg Ross Dawson, a research agency, will provide a central service to HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), recruiting legal professionals to take part in research for projects within HMCTS

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HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has contracted the services of Cragg Ross Dawson, a research agency, to recruit legal professionals to take part in research to support projects in HMCTS.

Cragg Ross Dawson will also manage communications between the participants in research and HMCTS during the process.

This revised approach will give legal professionals participating in HMCTS research timely notifications, and it will help to increase coordination and consistency in the research process.

What do I need to know?

  • Cragg Ross Dawson will recruit legal professionals as participants for research for projects within HMCTS.

  • any correspondence you receive will clearly indicate that Cragg Ross Dawson is acting on behalf of HMCTS. The correspondence will provide you with information on the purpose of the research and what you would be required to do as a participant, should you decide to take part in the research activity.

  • Cragg Ross Dawson will provide you with their company’s full contact details and they will let you know how they intend to communicate with you throughout the research.

  • wherever possible, the research and interviews will take place at a location that is convenient for you as a participant.

  • as standard practice and dependent on the nature of the research, HMCTS may pay you a small nominal amount, in recognition of the time you have given up to take part in the research.

Published 1 August 2019