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Monday, 08 July 2019
Guidance available to help you benefit from a simplified approach to certificated family work with cost limits of £25,000....
Thursday, 04 July 2019
Legal Aid Agency (LAA) annual report published alongside Director of Legal Aid Casework (DLAC) report....
Friday, 28 June 2019
We are making amendments to the 2017 Standard Crime Contract because of new rules introducing a right to review Parole Board decisions....
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Notifications for high cost single counsel family case work will be processed much faster if you supply all the information first time....
Thursday, 27 June 2019
New civil contract schedules beginning 1 September 2019 to be made available by the end of July....
Monday, 24 June 2019
All variable monthly contract payments will be ‘paid to the penny’ instead of rounded to the nearest pound from 1 July 2019....
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Opportunities to deliver a range of face-to-face and Civil Legal Advice (CLA) specialist telephone advice services....
Wednesday, 05 June 2019
Changes have been made to the civil finance and escape cases handbooks to reflect current guidance....
Wednesday, 05 June 2019
Digital claim form DCO2 must now be used for all magistrates' claims over £2,000 and all Crown Court claims....
Wednesday, 05 June 2019
New guidance published on submitting civil claims information to reduce returns and improve timescales of organisations being paid....
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
We are streamlining how we manage Care Case Fee Scheme (CCFS) events cases....
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Headline intentions document published for future tender of specialist telephone and face-to-face civil legal advice (CLA) services....
Thursday, 09 May 2019
Changes are being made to the way the exceptional and complex cases team respond to e-mail enquiries....
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Additional Pages of Prosecution Evidence and Special Preparation workshops have been added....
Wednesday, 01 May 2019
Our online support team now offers webchats to help with technical issues when using CCMS, CWA or E Forms....
Wednesday, 01 May 2019
Compensation provided to claimants of the Windrush compensation scheme will now be disregarded when assessing civil and criminal legal aid eligibility...
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Applications from separated migrant children no longer need to be supported by detailed evidence....
Thursday, 18 April 2019
We are simplifying certificated work processes in certain family cases following a pilot with providers and representative bodies....
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Changes have been made to the civil finance and escape cases handbooks to reflect current guidance....
Monday, 08 April 2019
Clarification on when new matter start increases require additional quality requirements to be met under the 2018 standard civil contract....
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
We are extending our deadline to 23 April 2019 for qualified legal professionals to submit applications for the Legal Aid Review Panel....
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Workshops demonstrating how to submit the correct electronic evidence when claiming for Crown Court work are to be rolled out in the coming months....
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
We are making changes in response to provider feedback to help save you time....
Tuesday, 05 March 2019
Solicitors, barristers and Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives needed to consider appeals against certain LAA decisions....
Monday, 04 March 2019
Tender opens 4 March to deliver telephone immigration advice to clients in police custody and the bid deadline is 9am on 3 April 2019....
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Discretionary powers for urgent civil cases now in force and ‘out of hours’ service closed....
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Tenders open 19 February 2019 for housing and debt services and close at 9am 22 March 2019....
Friday, 08 February 2019
Guidance available providing additional information on the rules governing legal aid payments for judicial review....
Friday, 01 February 2019
A workshop is to be trialled to see if it helps providers send in the correct electronic evidence needed in support of Crown Court claims....
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
New backdating powers for urgent civil cases to be introduced on 20 February 2019 and ‘out of hours’ service closed....
Environment Agency New plans for Guildford flood defence scheme to go on show
Department of Health and Social Care Healthcare innovator appointed to Health Data Research Service
HM Treasury Chancellor appoints Business Adviser
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain Pushed past the limits
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office WTO General Council December 2025: UK Statement
Department for Transport New chairs of Network Rail and DFTO named
Home Office New rules on police requesting counselling notes come into force
Disclosure and Barring Service DBS launches new Customer Satisfaction Survey to improve services