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Introducing new Mandatory and Discretionary disregards to the financial eligibility tests for civil and criminal legal aid.
Criminal legal aid will be bolstered by £24 million, as part of government work to tackle crisis in the justice system and keep courts running.
Fees to cover completed pre-charge engagement work can be claimed via CWA.
The LAA will be re-opening the procurement for the Standard Civil 2024 Contract in December 2024.
The eForms service is no longer available.
Recent joint working between LAA and HMCTS has identified the need for greater consistency across all courts in the way advocates sign in on all hearing days.
The second stage of the procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from Wednesday 1 October 2025.
The Police Station Representative Register (PSRR) is a listing of probationary and accredited representatives maintained by the Legal Aid Agency.
Updated draft contract documentation published to support Domestic Abuse Protection Notice (DAPN) and Domestic Abuse Protection Order (DAPO) pilots.
There is one week until the deadline for the first stage of the procurement process for the 2025 crime contract.
The Legal Aid Learning website has been updated with an improved design and functionality.
An overview of the replacement services.
eForms will no longer be available for new applications from Wednesday 18 September 2024.
Procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from Wednesday 1 October 2025.
The new service to receive legal aid applications, Apply for Criminal Legal Aid, has now replaced eForms CRM14 and CRM15.
Guidance and forms have been updated to support the new 2024 Standard Civil Contract.
The new ’Claim a non-standard magistrates’ court payment’ service has been launched
Apply for prior authority to incur disbursements and Apply for Extension of Upper Limit are the replacement services for CRM4 and CRM5 eForms.
Applications for criminal legal aid must now be submitted via Apply for criminal legal aid.
Advantis Credit Limited will deliver Crown Court means testing (CCMT) debt collection and enforcement services (DCES) on behalf of the Legal Aid Agency (LAA).
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