Availability of advice and assistance

Availability of advice and assistance

• Definition and scope of criminal advice and assistance
• Criminal ABWOR and “representation”
• Initial limits and increases in authorised expenditure
• Who may grant and provide criminal advice and assistance?
• Who is a person for the purpose of receiving criminal AA?
• Cases where our prior approval is required to grant criminal A&A
• Admitting client to A&A and date of commencement of advice
• Initial checks and steps when granting A&A
• Single grant under fixed payment ABWOR in summary criminal proceedings
• Single payment under A&A/ABWOR in criminal proceedings
• Criminal A&A: our functions and responsibilities, you and the assisted person