DS has just found out that bail was renewed a few weeks ago and the meeting scheduled for today is cancelled. He was not informed - police say they told his solicitor. It appears this is the solicitor assigned as duty solicitor when he was arrested. The solicitor has not been in contact to let him know any of this.
We need to find him a new solicitor (one who actually communicated with him!).
How do you find a decent solicitor? I do not know anyone I can ask for recommendations as this is obviously a tricky situation that I don't want to advertise to the rest of the world!