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Help and guidance for providers carrying out work from 1 October under the 2022 Standard Crime Contract.
Criminal legal aid schemes will see wide-ranging fee increases from 30 September 2022.
We are introducing a new dedicated email service especially for crime providers to help with associated civil JR applications in custody time limit cases.
We will shortly be inviting organisations whose 2022 Standard Crime Contract bids have completed verification to provide details of their duty solicitors.
Criminal Bills Assessment Manual updated to reflect new guidance on the use of intermediaries to help vulnerable users of courts and tribunals.
Criminal Bills Assessment Manual updated for contempt matters and breaches of injunctions.
We are updating Crown Court fee claims guidance, unused material claim forms and local bar travel allowances.
Notification letters go out about the outcome of tenders for work under the 2022 Standard Crime Contract.
Change in evidential requirements when applicants held in custody submit a change in financial circumstances.
We have amended the Criminal Legal Aid Manual guidance to help providers instructed on or immediately before the day of a sending hearing.
Providers can now watch 2 new training videos on how to claim correctly for pages of prosecution evidence (PPE).
Attendance notes now accepted as advocate proof of attendance for magistrates’ court breach of bail hearings as part of Crown Court proceedings.
New payment fees to cover work completed for pre-charge engagement are being introduced today (7 June 2021).
New guidance on the duty solicitor contingency arrangement for the current April 2021 duty rotas and on CRM12 applications for the October 2021 duty rotas.
The existing 2017 Standard Crime Contract will be extended for a further 12 months with an option for existing contracted providers to further extend for six months.
Deadline for CRM12 duty rota applications is 11 January 2021 with additional guidance to help providers.
Guidance on how to claim a new fee payment for work on sending a case to the Crown Court for trial is now available online.
Crown Court fee claims guidance updated with new and revised forms for submissions with representation orders on or after 17 September 2020.
Headline intentions document available on GOV.UK with details of extension and intention to procure new contracts in 2022.
Supporting case files will be required for CRM7 non-standard fee court claims after 6 July when business as usual is restored for this work.
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