Guidance

Civil high cost case contract

High cost contract, schedules and specifications when applying for legal aid in civil high cost cases.

• From: Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 1 June 2014
• Last updated: 28 February 2025
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  1. 28 February 2025

     governance check completed 28/02/2025

  2. 16 October 2023

     2013 Specification changed to 2018 Specification

  3. 16 October 2023

     All Documents updated to 2018 versions

  4. 2 April 2023

     updated Wording

  5. 31 March 2023

     Updated Wording

  6. 24 March 2023

     New information added

  7. 22 September 2022

     Update after change in monarch.

  8. 1 June 2014

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Contract

MS Word Document, 88.5 KB

2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Counsel Acceptance Form

MS Word Document, 24.2 KB

2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Specification

PDF, 154 KB, 8 pages

Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Contract Schedule Template

MS Word Document, 35 KB

Details

Included here are the high cost case contract documents including:

• 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Contract Template
• 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Contract Schedule Template
• 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Counsel Acceptance Form Template
• 2018 Individual Case Contract (High Cost Case) Specification

The Standard Civil Contract Specifications and Terms for the years 2010 – 2018 can be found at Legal aid guidance for professionals: Contract - detailed information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)