Scottish Legal Aid Board Homepage Scottish Legal Aid Board Online
About us Getting legal help Legal profession Advice sector News Publications Help Staff Search
What's new? eBusiness Library

 

Forms

This section of our site provides information for the legal aid professional such as solicitors.  If you want to apply for legal aid, visit our getting legal help section. Only a solicitor can complete and submit a legal aid application to us. To make an application for legal aid you should therefore consult your solicitor.


We provide digital versions of some applications and accounts forms that are available from our printers. Detailed below are our current forms which are available in pdf format.  You can also read below information on how to use the forms and download them.

Legal Aid Online allows you to send applications and accounts through the internet, and brings many benefits. If you are not yet using Legal Aid Online, read about the benefits and register now to get started using the service. We no longer provide pdf versions of advice and assistance forms - instead you should use our supplied printed forms or Legal Aid Online. We also do not provide pdf versions of the new criminal legal aid forms.

Quick links

Form description Form code and download link Date of issue
APPLICATIONS FORMS    
Civil legal assistance    
CIVIL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE/ABWOR
- available in print format or through Legal Aid Online: 		   
Application for civil advice and assistance/ABWOR AA/APP/CIV * Guidance 5/2007
Application for increase in authorised expenditure for civil advice and assistance/ABWOR AA/INC/CIV * Guidance 5/2007
Advice and assistance - Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form for civil and children's cases

AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - as a Microsoft Word document

AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - in pdf format to print only

 6/2008
CIVIL LEGAL AID    
Solicitor’s application form CIV/SOL
* Guidance 		11/2005
Statutory statement (memorandum) CIV/STAT
* Guidance		 11/2005
Special urgency – notification CIV/SU2 11/2005
Special urgency – request CIV/SU4
* Guidance 		11/2005
Special urgency mandate (pro-forma calculation sheet) CIV/SU/MAN 11/2005
Reporting Form CIV/REP 11/2005
Conclusion of proceedings reporting form CIV/CONC
* Guidance		 11/2005
Civil application for sanction by solicitor CIV/SANCTION 11/2005
Civil application for amendment or extension by solicitor CIV/AMEND 11/2005
Civil request for transfer of agency CIV/TRANSFER 11/2005
Civil notification of solicitor ceasing to act CIV/CEASE 11/2005
Financial Eligibility Form 1 CIV/FIN/1 11/2005
Financial Eligibility Form 2 CIV/FIN/2 11/2005
Financial Eligibility Form 3 - Earnings statement by applicant's employer - use with Form 2 CIV/FIN/3 11/2005
Civil legal aid – information for applicants booklet

CIV/INFO

 9/2003
     
Criminal legal assistance    

pdf versions of the new criminal forms are no longer available - you should use only printed forms or Legal Aid Online. If you have not received printed forms, either contact the Board's Communications Department on 0131 240 1985 or order forms from Stewarts - see below.

    
CRIMINAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE/ABWOR
- available in print format or through Legal Aid Online: 		   
Application for criminal advice and assistance / ABWOR

AA/APP/CRIM
* Guidance

 6/2008
Application for a grant of criminal ABWOR or increase in authorised expenditure for criminal advice and assistance/ABWOR AA/INC/CRIM
* Guidance		 6/2008
Advice and assistance - Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form for criminal cases

AA/LAO/CRIM - Criminal cases - Client Mandate Form - as a Microsoft Word document

AA/LAO/CRIM - Criminal cases - Client Mandate Form - in pdf format to print only

 6/2008
CRIMINAL LEGAL AID    
Application for criminal legal aid in summary proceedings

CRIM/SUMMARY
* Guidance

 6/2008
Summary criminal exceptional payments application

CRIM/EXCEPTIONAL
* Guidance

 6/2008
Application to court - solemn proceedings CRIM/COURT/APP 5/1998
Application to Board -  summary proceedings CRIM/SUM/APP 8/1998
Application to Board -  appeal proceedings CRIM/APPL/APP 5/1998
Intimation to the Board of automatic legal aid: drug court; youth court; section 22; domestic abuse court


CRIM/AUTOMATIC 7/2004
Criminal application for sanction

CRIM/SANCTION
* Guidance

 6/2008
Criminal request for transfer of agency CRIM/TRANSFER
* Guidance		 6/2008
Criminal notification of solicitor ceasing to act

CRIM/CEASE
* Guidance

 6/2008
     
Children's legal assistance    
CHILDREN'S ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE
- available in print format or through Legal Aid Online: 		   
Application for children's advice and assistance

AA/APP/CHL * Guidance

  
Application for increase in authorised expenditure children's advice and assistance AA/INC/CHL * Guidance  
Advice and assistance - Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form for civil and children's cases

AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - as a Microsoft Word document

AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - in pdf format to print only

 6/2008
     
LEGAL AID FOR CHILDREN    
Application to court CHILD/APP 1/1999
Application to Board - proceedings on appeal

CHILD/APPL/APP

 12/1998
     
GENERAL
Only use these forms in children's cases - for civil and criminal cases, use the forms detailed above. 		   
Application for sanction by solicitor (use for children's cases only) SANC/APP 5/1998
Application for amendment or extension by solicitor (use for children's cases only) AMND/APP No date
Application for transfer by solicitor (use for children's cases only) TRANS/APP 6/1998
Notification of solicitor ceasing to act (use for children's cases only) CEASE/APP


 6/1998
ACCOUNTS FORMS    
ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE    
Applicant grave hardship or distress AA/ HARDSHIP/1
* Guidance		 5/2004
Solicitor's application where payments will be delayed or difficult AA/ HARDSHIP/2
* Guidance 		5/2004
Application for reimbursement of outlays (civil &/or A&A) SLA/ROL/2 -
Request for reimbursement of outlays where there is no potential for any financial recovery SLA/ROL/5 7/2002
     
CIVIL LEGAL AID    
Application for reimbursement of outlays
SLA/ROL/1 3/1995
Application for payment on account of fees SLA/POA/1 8/1994
Accounts synopsis – report on completion of civil proceedings ACC/CIV/1 1/1995
Payment on account of fees

SLA/POA/3
* Guidance

 11/2005
CRIMINAL LEGAL AID    
Accounts synopsis – completion of initial duties of duty solicitor
ACC/CRIM/DUT -
Accounts synopsis – report on completion of children’s or criminal proceedings or completion of follow up duties of duty solicitor ACC/CRIM/1 1/1995
Request for reimbursement of outlays or interim payment of fees  under criminal legal aid (in solemn and appeals cases) and children’s legal aid SLA/ROL/6 7/2002
Retrospective solemn fee increase claim form
(Note that this form is not available from Stewarts) 		RET/SL/ INC

* Guidance		 11/2006
Criminal legal assistance accounts synopsis form - for supplementary accounts

CRIM/ACCTS
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance

 6/2008
Criminal ABWOR account synopsis form - for supplementary accounts CRIM/ACCTS/AB
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance

 6/2008
Criminal legal assistance account synopsis duty scheme

CRIM/ACCTS/DS
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance

 6/2008
Criminal legal assistance account synopsis duty follow up proceedings

CRIM/ACCTS/DSF
(not available from Stewarts)
*Guidance

 6/2008
Summary criminal proceedings: fixed payments in district/JP and stipendiary courts - supplementary account - in use from 1 April 2008 to 29 June 2008 ACC/CRIM/FIX/DS/SUP
(not available from Stewarts)		 4/2008
Summary criminal proceedings: fixed payments in sheriff court - supplementary account - in use from 1 April 2008 to 29 June 2008 ACC/CRIM/FIX/SHER/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) 		4/2008
Summary criminal proceedings: sheriff court - detailed fees - supplementary account - in use from 1 April 2008 to 29 June 2008 ACC/CRIM/DET/SHER/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) 		4/2008
Solemn, appeals and automatic: detailed fees - supplementary account ACC/CRIM/DET/SOLM/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) 		4/2008
Guidance for these criminal accounts forms

* Guidance

 
FOR THE USE OF RIGHTS OF AUDIENCE SOLICITORS ONLY    
Claim for payment by rights of audience solicitors


 ACC/ROAS/1 print only -
ORDER FORM    

Order form for printed forms and legal aid materials from Stewarts

 Stewarts contact details are:

Fax: 01506 460 129
Tel: 01506 405 480
Postal address: 1 Lister Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston EH54 7BL

 GEN/ORD 6/2008

 

About using these forms

You will require Adobe (Acrobat) Reader to use the forms this software is free and available from Adobe's web site. Nearly all of the forms available are interactive, which let you type into the digital version to complete it. Those forms that are only available to let you print it and then complete it by hand, are clearly indicated as print only versions. To use the forms, you can open each form and then save it to your computer, or you can right-click on the form name and then save it to your computer. Our help section has more information about using these Forms or getting Adobe Reader. 

If you use the interactive versions and wish to save the data you have typed into the form, you need to purchase Adobe Acrobat software. You can find out more details of this software and buy it on Adobe's website. Other software providers offer equivalent products.

All Board services will be available through Legal Aid Online, which will reduce bureaucracy and make the legal aid system quicker and more cost effective. Read more about the project and the benefits.

If you wish to order printed copies of these forms, contact our printers Stewarts - see above.

 

Search Sitemap Links Contact Terms & Conditions Job opportunities Other languages Back to top