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Thursday, 02 December 2021
Tenders welcome to deliver housing and debt contract work and Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme services. ...
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Change in evidential requirements when applicants held in custody submit a change in financial circumstances....
Thursday, 18 November 2021
We have amended the Criminal Legal Aid Manual guidance to help providers instructed on or immediately before the day of a sending hearing....
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Reminder prompts now being sent to request supporting evidence for application appeals is submitted within 7 days....
Friday, 12 November 2021
Frequently Asked Questions document relating to the 2022 crime contract tender published....
Friday, 05 November 2021
New email service to help providers who have issues working with us on high cost family contracts....
Monday, 01 November 2021
Changes to the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme contract came into force on 1 November 2021....
Monday, 01 November 2021
Amendments have been made to the immigration and asylum category specification to allow 30 minutes of advice to be given to immigration detainees....
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
We are making a caseworker spreadsheet tool available to providers on a trial basis as support guidance when calculating client eligibility for legal ...
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from 1 October 2022....
Thursday, 07 October 2021
We are withdrawing the calculator tool used by civil providers to check client financial eligibility for legal aid....
Thursday, 30 September 2021
We are changing the office supervisor standards relating to remote working under the 2017 crime contract and the 2018 civil contract....
Thursday, 23 September 2021
You can start using year 4 civil contract schedules to report work completed in September 2021 from 1 October....
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Annual report and accounts highlighting the performance of the Legal Aid Agency in 2020-21....
Thursday, 09 September 2021
Cost limit increases for emergency civil legal aid certificates take effect 13 September 2021 but certificates for investigative representations are e...
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Clients who call the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) helpline with a family issue will now be signposted to their nearest face-to-face providers from 1 Septe...
Monday, 09 August 2021
Amendment to Lord Chancellor’s guidance takes away ‘conditional fee arrangement’ evidence requirement in some cases....
Friday, 23 July 2021
We will be evaluating a live web chat service on our training website from Monday 26 July to Friday 22 October....
Thursday, 22 July 2021
We are issuing contract extension notices for the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme....
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Tender opportunity to deliver Detained Duty Advice Scheme services at a new Immigration Removal Centre in Derwentside, County Durham....
Friday, 16 July 2021
Register containing your data is available to view on our 2017 crime contract page and we need supervising solicitors to check for accuracy....
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Providers can now watch 2 new training videos on how to claim correctly for pages of prosecution evidence (PPE)....
Thursday, 01 July 2021
New civil contract schedules beginning 1 September 2021 to be made available by the end of August....
Thursday, 01 July 2021
Changes include new guidance, provider checklist about refusals and online changes to improve how we explain rejects....
Thursday, 01 July 2021
We are extending temporary arrangements for housing claims under the 2018 standard civil contract....
Thursday, 01 July 2021
Attendance notes now accepted as advocate proof of attendance for magistrates’ court breach of bail hearings as part of Crown Court proceedings....
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Headline intentions document available on GOV.UK with details of intention to procure new contracts in 2022. ...
Tuesday, 08 June 2021
The process for submitting Escape Case claims is changing after COVID-19 outbreak restrictions are lifted. ...
Monday, 07 June 2021
New payment fees to cover work completed for pre-charge engagement are being introduced today (7 June 2021)....
Thursday, 03 June 2021
New guidance on the duty solicitor contingency arrangement for the current April 2021 duty rotas and on CRM12 applications for the October 2021 duty r...
Disclosure and Barring Service DBS launches new Customer Satisfaction Survey to improve services
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC
HM Revenue & Customs 65% rise in Self Assessment payments via the HMRC app
Home Office £600,0000 available to support Windrush compensation claimants
Groceries Code Adjudicator Complete the 2026 groceries sector survey
Department for Work and Pensions DWP Secretary of State appoints Skills Adviser
Bona Vacantia Unclaimed Estates list reinstated following review