Solicitor updates

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Legal Aid Online

Improvements to Legal Aid Online driven by first round of solicitor feedback

29 August 2019

Learn about and view screenshots of the improvements to Legal Aid Online.

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Payment dates over August Bank Holiday

21 August 2019

Information on how the Bank Holiday on 26 August will affect BACS payments to the profession.

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Changes to how we report our performance

14 August 2019

Find out how we have changed the way we report on our performance.

Children's

Change to Children’s ABWOR assessment procedure

4 July 2019

With effect from Monday 8 July we will no longer apply a hold to a request for ABWOR. 

Children's

New format Children’s duty plans for 2019-20 published

4 July 2019

Instead of weekly slots being allocated to individual firms we have now listed alphabetically the firms that have selected each geographical area. 

Legal Aid Online

Block move/transfer cases option added to Legal Aid Online

18 April 2019

This update contains information about a new ‘Block solicitor transfer/firm moves’ option that will go live on Wednesday 24 April.

Legal Aid Online

Option to refer account to Edinburgh/local agent added to Legal Aid Online

16 April 2019

An Edinburgh/local agent function will be available in Court of Session cases if you provided the Edinburgh agent details in the CIV/SOL application and these h

Legal Aid Online

New restricted access option on LAOL for law accountants

11 April 2019

We have now developed a third party access solution allowing you to restrict access for law accountants to specified cases only.

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The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, to increase fees by 3%

9 April 2019

The increase was announced by the Minister for Community Safety, Ash Denham, as part of the Scottish Government’s wider response to Martyn Evans’s independent r

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New interim accounts process for payment of fees and outlays

3 April 2019

Following your feedback we have made changes so you can now submit more types of interim accounts online.