https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/what-happens-if-your-client-does-not-comply-with-our-requests-for-information/
https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/what-happens-if-your-client-does-not-comply-with-our-requests-for-information/
We have to assess and collect any contribution payable by your client who is receiving special urgency cover. For this, we have to get information about their circumstances and any changes to these.
If your client has been refused legal aid, we can still ask them for information to allow us to carry out a proper means assessment.
If they do not give us the information we ask for, we can recover from your client the total amount we have paid in fees and outlays to you. You can still submit your account for the urgent work done.
Make sure your client is aware of the implications of not providing the information we require.
Special Urgency for proceedings under the 2011 and 2019 Acts
Find out about the scope of legal aid for special urgency work and the criteria to be met to ensure payment for this urgent work in 2011 Act proceedings.