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Defence practitioners need to register to use the HM Courts and Tribunal Service ‘Common Platform’ digital case management system in early adopter courts.
Providers have been praising our online platform for both crime and civil billing and pinpointing areas for improvement in recent survey feedback.
We have updated our Controlled Work and Administration (CWA) codes guidance following removal of the mandatory telephone gateway.
New immigration and asylum ‘stage 2c’ civil contract work fees can now be claimed through Contracted Work and Administration (CWA).
We are increasing the number of applications for payments on account that can be submitted within any 12-month period.
New civil contract schedules beginning 1 September 2020 to be made available by the end of August.
We have new guidance and advice about our secure file exchange platform for the online transfer of information and documents.
New guidance available to help identify evidence needed when submitting applications involving complex means assessments.
New online application tool wins positive feedback during three months of trials for legal aid applications.
Individual law firms and other legal aid providers will be able to access new schedules online from March 2020.
Starting 6 January 2020, we will be emailing spreadsheets showing the status of live work requiring your attention in CCMS.
We have a new customer service Twitter account to give providers another channel to raise operational concerns.
Guidance available to help you benefit from a simplified approach to certificated family work with cost limits of £25,000.
Additional Pages of Prosecution Evidence and Special Preparation workshops have been added.
Our online support team now offers webchats to help with technical issues when using CCMS, CWA or E Forms.
Workshops demonstrating how to submit the correct electronic evidence when claiming for Crown Court work are to be rolled out in the coming months.
We are making changes in response to provider feedback to help save you time.
A workshop is to be trialled to see if it helps providers send in the correct electronic evidence needed in support of Crown Court claims.
How to access training and arrange visits to help you make civil online applications.
Updated digital claim forms for court appointee and defendant's cost order work must be used from 1 February 2019.
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