Guidance

High cost cases: non-family (civil)

Information packs for solicitors and barristers to get legal aid in high cost cases (HCC) where the matter is outside of family law.

From:
Legal Aid Agency
Published
1 June 2014
Last updated
31 March 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Solicitors & Barristers Information Pack

PDF, 224 KB, 18 pages

Non Family High Cost Case Plan Format

MS Word Document, 77 KB

Judicial Review Case Plan (Costs Only)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 18.6 KB

Clinical Negligence Funding Checklist

PDF, 222 KB, 8 pages

Details

Who manages HCC non-family?

Civil high cost non-family cases are managed by the Exceptional and Complex Cases Team.

A non-family pack - general guidance and case plans

  • Solicitors & Barristers Information Pack
  • Non Family High Cost Case Plan Format
  • Judicial Review Case Plan (Costs Only)
  • Clinical Negligence Funding Checklist

Where to send forms

New matters

For new matters, please contact the following:

Email: contactECC@justice.gov.uk

Phone: 0300 200 2020 .

The email address for the Exceptional and Complex Case Team is: contactECC@justice.gov.uk

Processing times

ECCT Processing dates

We process 90% of new or ongoing case plans in 20 working days.

And we deal with most correspondence within 20 working days.

Updates to this page

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 31 March 2023 + show all updates

  1. Updated Wording

  2. New Information update

  3. Updated after change in monarch.

  4. Update after change in monarch.

  5. Postal address changed

  6. Documents updated.

  7. Clinical negligence document updated.

  8. First published.

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