Covid-19: Guidance on providing applicant financial information
13 May 2020
Guidance to help solicitors & clients when providing applicant financial information during Covid-19 for criminal, civil and children's legal aid
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Further LAOL system improvements and enhancements
28 April 2020
See various LAOL improvements including to paper accounts, device displays, ABWOR expenditure limits & diet definition, and system security.
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Improvements to Legal Aid Online driven by first round of solicitor feedback
29 August 2019
Learn about and view screenshots of the improvements to Legal Aid Online.
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Block move/transfer cases option added to Legal Aid Online
18 April 2019
This update contains information about a new ‘Block solicitor transfer/firm moves’ option that will go live on Wednesday 24 April.
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Option to refer account to Edinburgh/local agent added to Legal Aid Online
16 April 2019
An Edinburgh/local agent function will be available in Court of Session cases if you provided the Edinburgh agent details in the CIV/SOL application and these h
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New restricted access option on LAOL for law accountants
11 April 2019
We have now developed a third party access solution allowing you to restrict access for law accountants to specified cases only.
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New interim accounts process for payment of fees and outlays
3 April 2019
Following your feedback we have made changes so you can now submit more types of interim accounts online.
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Online notifications for court granted and automatic legal aid cases
11 March 2019
Not all notifications are being sent to solicitors when we receive applications for court granted and automatic legal aid.
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We’re looking for your input on Legal Aid Online
28 November 2018
We are carrying out research to help shape the future look and feel of Legal Aid Online.
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Changes to Children’s A&A/ABWOR applications, revised data protection notices and declarations and release of children’s online accounts
18 May 2018
This update contains information about the following system changes that will go live on the evening of 23 May.
