LAOL downtime scheduled: Tuesday 30 April, 5.30pm-7pm
22 April 2024
Access to Legal Aid Online (LAOL) will be unavailable from 5.30pm to 7pm on Tuesday 30 April for deployment and upgrades.
Vacancies
Vacancies – Senior Criminal Defence Solicitors
15 April 2024
We're looking for two Senior Criminal Defence Solicitors for full time, fixed term 18 month contracts, located at any of our eight offices.
All solicitor updates
Solicitor Nicola Loughran excluded from providing legal aid
8 April 2024
SLAB's Section 31 Committee has ordered that Nicola Loughran, of Loughran and Co Solicitors, Glasgow, be excluded from the provision of legal aid
All solicitor updates
Updates to Keycards for 2024-25
4 April 2024
Details of updates to legal aid keycards with Dependants’ disposable income allowances increased, effective from Monday 8 April 2024.
Civil
Changes to allowances for the Civil financial eligibility test
21 March 2024
Information on changes when assessing eligibility for civil legal aid - effective for applications received or with a computation start date on or after 8 April
Children's
Upcoming research with recipients of Children’s legal assistance
19 March 2024
We’ve commissioned independent research to explore the experience of children’s legal assistance and having a solicitor present at Children’s panel hearings.
Civil
Peer reviewers wanted for Civil Legal Aid Quality Assurance Sub-Committee (QAC)
14 February 2024
Solicitors and non-solicitors with an interest in civil legal aid and regulation are invited to join the Civil Legal Aid Quality Assurance Sub-Committee (QAC)
Civil
Policies and decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) for clawback in Advice and Assistance published
8 February 2024
We’ve published the next release of policies and decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) for clawback in Advice and Assistance as part of our GALA project.
Civil
Policies and guidance published for assessing income in civil financial assessment
25 January 2024
We’ve published our policies and decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) for assessing income in Civil Legal Aid as part of our GALA project
Civil
UPDATED: New simplified application process for certain unopposed Guardianship orders under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, and reminder on the process to ask us to dispense with or postpone intimation to an opponent
18 January 2024
Following solicitor feedback we have introduced a simplified application process for legal aid applications for a Guardianship order under one of five sections
