Festive period office opening times and solicitor payment arrangements
12 December 2022
Details of office opening times and payment dates over festive period.
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Publication of taxations
9 December 2022
We have published a listing on our website of all the taxations and court decisions that we hold.
Legal Aid Online
Legal Aid Online: Monday 28 November update
28 November 2022
Following upgrade work to Legal Aid Online (LAOL), we have listed the below fixes that were deployed and ongoing issues to be resolved.
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St Andrew’s Day closure and festive period payment arrangements
26 November 2022
Our offices are closed Monday 5 December for St Andrew’s Day in line with Scottish Courts, with details of payment dates and opening times over festive period.
Access to Legal Aid Online (LAOL) will be unavailable 9pm-midnight on Monday 28 September to allow for deployment and upgrades.
General
PDSO Dundee has moved to a new office
21 November 2022
Our PDSO team in Dundee has moved to new premises at 1 Court House Square, Dundee, DD1 1NT
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New prior approval applications policies and guidance published
17 November 2022
We have published the next block of policies, decision-makers’ guidance and new or revised legal aid guidance on Civil, Children’s and Criminal applications
Criminal
New regulations allow earlier payment of the inclusive sheriff court summary fixed fee of £550.76
1 November 2022
The Advice and Assistance (Summary Criminal Proceedings) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 are effective from 4 November 2022
Children's
Survey of solicitors providing children’s legal aid
27 October 2022
We are undertaking a survey of solicitors providing children’s legal aid to explore experiences of providing legal aid.
Civil
Research finds people largely positive with civil legal assistance services during the pandemic
26 October 2022
Findings from surveys commissioned during 2021-22 of clients of private practice civil legal aid firms and of CLAO clients and contacts
