https://www.slab.org.uk/news/policies-and-guidance-published-on-the-preparation-and-assessment-of-solicitors-legal-assistance-accounts/
https://www.slab.org.uk/news/policies-and-guidance-published-on-the-preparation-and-assessment-of-solicitors-legal-assistance-accounts/
28 August 2024
Comprehensive accounts guidance is now available to solicitors, or those involved in the framing of legal aid accounts, for all types of advice and assistance and legal aid accounts chargeable on a detailed fees basis.
The new content is part of our GALA project and has our policies, decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) and legal aid guidance for solicitors on the preparation and assessment of accounts for all aid types.
Our existing legal aid guidance for solicitors on the SLAB website has been reviewed and updated, as appropriate.
Separate legal aid guidance is available for:
This remains the primary legal aid reference for solicitors and has links to published policy statements or decision-makers’ guidance, should you need that at any time.
The new policy statements and DMG cover a wide range of specific work activities as well as explaining our approach to reasonableness and how we apply the taxation standard applicable to legal aid and advice and assistance accounts.
The DMG in relation to reasonableness also sets out how we approach assessment for those work activities which do not have their own separate policy statement or decision makers’ guidance.
The following policy statements are now available on the GALA website:
Please contact: