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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.
A new document focusing on the forthcoming tender and content of the 2025 contract.
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.
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.
Tenders invited to deliver housing and debt contract work in the Walsall procurement area.
Contracts start for the new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service.
New civil contract schedules beginning 1 September 2023 to be made available by the end of July.
The changes are designed to increase flexibility for providers and reduce administrative burdens.
The amended housing and debt specification is available on the legal aid pages on GOV.UK.
We are extending the 2022 standard crime contract by 24 months to 30 September 2025.
Changes are being made to mental health contracts to cover more cases when a tribunal appoints providers to represent clients.
Emails going to providers asking them to confirm if they wish to accept further civil contract extension offers by deadline of 9am on 28 April 2023.
We have added the revised immigration specification which is part of the 2018 Standard Civil Contract to the legal aid pages on GOV.UK.
We are welcoming bids from new entrants and existing providers in the new year for work on 2018 civil contracts. This follows their extension to 31 August 2024.
Changes are being made to the 2018 Standard Civil Contract effective from 1 September 2022 to allow early billing for asylum matters.
Rollout of the Standard Crime Contract 2022 will change the scope of pre-charge engagement for cases that start on or after 1 October 2022.
Providers without duty rota slots starting on 1 October need to return CRM12 forms.
2022 crime contracts are now being uploaded into Contracted Work and Administration and we have published duty solicitor membership lists starting 1 October.
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