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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May payment timetable – SLAB closed Friday 8 May 2020
5 May 2020
See the timetable for payments to the profession over the May holidays 2020.
Civil
Covid-19: Help us minimise disruption to property recovery/preservation payments when submitting a Civil paper account
30 April 2020
Guidance on information to send us with paper accounts in Civil cases involving property recovered or preserved to minimise any disruption to payments.
Civil
Covid-19: Civil issues identified during current crisis arrangements
29 April 2020
Highlights a number of issues that will help ensure your applications for legal aid are processed without delay.
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Covid-19: Existing interim fee provisions extended to Civil & Children’s legal aid
28 April 2020
Civil, Children’s and Solemn Criminal legal aid accounts added to those able to take advantage of our extended interim payment processes from 30 April.
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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.
Civil
Success Fee Agreements and legal aid
24 April 2020
An overview of important points arising from a legal aid perspective in relation to the new provisions on Success Fee Agreements effective from 27 April 2020.
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Covid-19: Changes to payments to account for counsel and solicitor advocates
20 April 2020
Update explains changes to provisions as to when counsel & solicitor advocates can submit payment to account under Civil, Criminal & Children's legal aid.
Criminal
Covid-19: ABWOR grant now possible without physical calling of case
16 April 2020
Changes for Covid-19 to allow solicitors to grant ABWOR where not attending physical calling of case. Notice of further work on delegated solicitor and half fee
Civil
Covid-19: Fillable digital Form 2 available for civil applications during pandemic
8 April 2020
We have provided a fillable fields version of the civil financial Form 2 that can be emailed to clients to help during the Covid-19 crisis.
