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The second stage of the procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from Wednesday 1 October 2025.
Procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from Wednesday 1 October 2025.
A further opportunity to tender for the 2024 Standard Civil Contract opened on 11 July 2024, for Housing, Debt and Welfare Benefits and limited HLPAS areas.
Criminal Legal Aid Manual updated to explain the process for applications for partially convicted defendants to pay a proportion of their costs.
A further opportunity to tender for the 2024 Standard Civil Contract opened on Monday 18 March 2024.
Working with the Law Society and Association of Prison Lawyers, the LAA have amended the crime contract and associated guidance.
eForms submitted more than 7 years ago will be archived to restore stability to eForms database.
Our guidance has been updated to include information on claiming for offences not listed in the AGFS banding document or LGFS table of offences.
We have updated our guidance to provide more detail on how to make accommodation and mileage claims for Crown Court work.
Providers need to be aware of changes relating to immigration and asylum work which are being introduced on 1 January 2024.
Market engagement event taking place for civil legal aid providers in the north west of England.
We are making changes to the Client and Cost Management System (CCMS) to make it easier for providers to submit large hourly rates bills.
Procurement process opens for delivery of civil legal aid services from 1 September 2024.
Bereaved families at inquests can apply to be excepted from the legal help means test using form CW1 INQ after a rule change on 4 September 2023.
Providers and experts requesting approval for overnight accommodation costs should know that guideline rates are increasing from 1 September 2023.
Providers need to use amended CW2(IMM) and CW1&2 MH forms which have corrected instructions for under 18 applicants.
New criminal contract schedules beginning 1 October 2023 to be made available by the end of August.
New tool now available for providers to check a client’s financial eligibility for civil legal aid.
Removal of the means test for certain civil cases under the first phase of legislative changes, and other financial eligibility updates.
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