Guidance

Civil high cost case contract

High cost contract, schedules and specifications when applying for legal aid in civil high cost cases.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Details

Included here are the high cost case contract documents including:

  • 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Contract Template
  • 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Contract Schedule Template
  • 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Counsel Acceptance Form Template
  • 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Specification

The Standard Civil Contract Specifications and Terms for the years 2010 – 2018 can be found at Legal aid guidance for professionals: Contract - detailed information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Updates to this page

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 16 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. 2013 Specification changed to 2018 Specification

  2. All Documents updated to 2018 versions

  3. updated Wording

  4. Updated Wording

  5. New information added

  6. Update after change in monarch.

  7. First published.

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