Policies and decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) published for clawback in Civil Legal Aid

22 June 2023

We’ve published policies and decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) for clawback in Civil Legal Aid as part of our GALA project.

The polices and guidance on our GALA website are intended primarily for our decision-makers for:

assessing the factors we take into consideration in applications and accounts
detailing the information we take into account and the decisions we take as a result of the information.

As part of the GALA project, our existing legal aid guidance for solicitors on the SLAB website is reviewed and updated, as appropriate.

It remains the primary legal aid reference material for solicitors and has links to published policy statements or decision-makers’ guidance, if you need that at any time.

The new policy statements and DMG are available on the GALA website for the following:

More information

Please contact Sara Brown, Civil Finance Senior Specialist T: 0131 240 1998 E: brownsa@slab.org.uk

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