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Civil news: help us pay your high cost claims first time

Civil news: help us pay your high cost claims first time

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Changes to the requirements for submitting your high cost claims will help to make sure claims are paid at the first time of submission....

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Crime news: new training available on Legal Aid Learning

Crime news: new training available on Legal Aid Learning

Friday, 14 May 2021

The latest material to go live on the Legal Aid Agency’s new training and support website will help criminal defence lawyers. ...

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Civil news: tender opportunity for housing and debt work

Civil news: tender opportunity for housing and debt work

Thursday, 13 May 2021

A tender has opened to deliver housing and debt services in Staffordshire and will close in June 2021. ...

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Contract amendments for Pre Charge Engagement work

Contract amendments for Pre Charge Engagement work

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Crime contracts are being amended to include new payment fees for pre-charge engagement. ...

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Civil news: tender opportunity for HPCDS work

Civil news: tender opportunity for HPCDS work

Thursday, 06 May 2021

A tender has opened on 6 May 2021 for the delivery of the Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes in Slough. ...

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Civil news: tender for face to face education advice contracts

Civil news: tender for face to face education advice contracts

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

A tender opportunity is open for face-to-face education advice services....

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Civil news: work with the Process Efficiency Team

Civil news: work with the Process Efficiency Team

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Improving processes at the Legal Aid Agency can be something that providers of legal aid can all have a hand in developing through our consultative gr...

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Civil news: notice of extension to the 2018 Standard Civil Contract

Civil news: notice of extension to the 2018 Standard Civil Contract

Monday, 19 April 2021

Letters have been sent to face-to-face 2018 Standard Civil Contract holders advising of the new extension date. ...

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Civil news: means and merits update for CCMS users

Civil news: means and merits update for CCMS users

Friday, 19 March 2021

A change to the layout and style aims to improve the user experience for means and merits work in the Client and Cost Management System (CCMS)....

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Jane Harbottle appointed Legal Aid Agency Chief Executive

Jane Harbottle appointed Legal Aid Agency Chief Executive

Friday, 05 March 2021

Jane Harbottle has been appointed as the permanent Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Agency and Director of Legal Aid Casework....

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Crime news: extension to the 2017 Standard Crime Contract

Crime news: extension to the 2017 Standard Crime Contract

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

The existing 2017 Standard Crime Contract will be extended for a further 12 months with an option for existing contracted providers to further extend ...

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Civil news: opportunity to tender for education advice contracts

Civil news: opportunity to tender for education advice contracts

Friday, 05 February 2021

A revised tender opportunity for Civil Legal Advice (CLA) specialist telephone advice services in the education category is now inviting bids....

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Civil news: new civil application fixer service launched

Civil news: new civil application fixer service launched

Thursday, 04 February 2021

A new service for law firms and other providers of civil legal aid is now available and will help to save time during the initial decision-making stag...

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Civil news: changes to mortgage debt in eligibility calculations

Civil news: changes to mortgage debt in eligibility calculations

Thursday, 28 January 2021

The mortgage cap has now been removed as part of wider changes to assessing civil legal aid eligibility....

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Civil news: extension to the 2018 Standard Civil Contract

Civil news: extension to the 2018 Standard Civil Contract

Thursday, 21 January 2021

The existing face-to-face 2018 Standard Civil Contracts will be extended until 31 August 2022....

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Civil news: tender opportunity for housing and debt work

Civil news: tender opportunity for housing and debt work

Tuesday, 19 January 2021

We have opened a tender process for the delivery of housing and debt work in 14 procurement areas across England....

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Civil news: update on transfer of court assessed claims to LAA

Civil news: update on transfer of court assessed claims to LAA

Friday, 15 January 2021

Law firms and other providers of legal aid will now have a choice of whether eligible claims are handled by the Legal Aid Agency’s civil finance team ...

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Civil news: means, merits and billing update for CCMS users

Civil news: means, merits and billing update for CCMS users

Thursday, 14 January 2021

Change of look aims to improve the user experience for means, merits and billing work in the Client and Cost Management System....

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Changes to privacy notices on legal aid forms

Changes to privacy notices on legal aid forms

Monday, 11 January 2021

We have recently updated our legal aid application forms. This includes revised privacy notices to reflect recent updates to systems and processes....

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Civil news: amendments to legal aid eligibility criteria

Civil news: amendments to legal aid eligibility criteria

Thursday, 07 January 2021

Compensation provided to claimants of specific compensation schemes will now be disregarded when assessing civil legal aid eligibility....

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Survey seeks views on contingency arrangements

Survey seeks views on contingency arrangements

Tuesday, 22 December 2020

All providers of legal aid services are being asked to complete a survey looking at how supervision and office requirements contingency arrangements h...

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Civil news: tender opportunity for HPCDS

Civil news: tender opportunity for HPCDS

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

A tender has opened on 16 December for the delivery of the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme in Leeds....

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Crime news: duty rota guidance changes because of COVID 19

Crime news: duty rota guidance changes because of COVID 19

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Deadline for CRM12 duty rota applications is 11 January 2021 with additional guidance to help providers....

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Civil news: launch of new CCMS tool for bulk claim upload issues

Civil news: launch of new CCMS tool for bulk claim upload issues

Monday, 14 December 2020

A new troubleshooting workbook has been launched to help you with bulk claim upload problems in the Client and Cost Management System....

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Civil news: telephone advice tender for immigration work opens

Civil news: telephone advice tender for immigration work opens

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Tender opportunity for Immigration Telephone Advice (ITA) contracts opens on 9 December. ...

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Civil news: tender opportunity for housing possession work

Civil news: tender opportunity for housing possession work

Tuesday, 01 December 2020

Tender opens 1 December 2020 to deliver services in 2 Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes (HPCDS) and closes 5pm 21 December 2020....

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Newyddion sifil/trosedd: newid rhif ffon llinell gymorth Cymraeg

Newyddion sifil/trosedd: newid rhif ffon llinell gymorth Cymraeg

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Rhaid galwadau i’r llinell Gymraeg nawr gael eu gwneud i 0300 200 2020....

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Civil/crime news: change of number for Welsh language helpline

Civil/crime news: change of number for Welsh language helpline

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Calls to our Welsh language helpline should now be made to 0300 200 20 20....

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Crime news: Crown Court Digital Case System claims work boost

Crime news: Crown Court Digital Case System claims work boost

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Our caseworkers will gain ‘read-only’ access to Crown Court Digital Case System files from 16 November 2020 to help improve decision-making on your cl...

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Crime news: register for ‘Common Platform’ early adopter rollout

Crime news: register for ‘Common Platform’ early adopter rollout

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Defence practitioners need to register to use the HM Courts and Tribunal Service ‘Common Platform’ digital case management system in early adopter cou...

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