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Use this letter to get evidence of any illness, physical or mental harm caused by domestic violence, if you're applying for legal aid.
Collecting client details, advice and assistance, advocacy, duty solicitor application, criminal legal aid application, hardship review.
Remember to use Secure eMail to send personal and sensitive legal information across the internet.
We are updating Crown Court fee claims guidance, unused material claim forms and local bar travel allowances.
Care Case Fee Scheme (CCFS), KC/2 Counsel Events, and detailed case plans to use when a legal-aid-funded family case becomes high cost.
Use these letters to get proof of child abuse if you want legal aid to stop a partner seeing your child.
Legal aid application for amendment or prior authority in civil cases.
Forms and guidance for claiming legal aid fees in crime escape cases, including form CRM18a for crime prison law matters.
Letter to get evidence that social services think your child has been abused or is at risk, if you're applying for legal aid.
The Criminal Cases Unit is responsible for assessing a range of claims paid out of Central Funds.
Adapt this sample letter to confirm that a victim of domestic violence has stayed in your refuge for more than 24 hours.
Form for claiming back dismissed defendant's magistrates' court costs of £2000 or less (including counsels fees but excluding disbursements and VAT).
Find legal advice to solve legal problems out of court: solicitors, pro bono lawyers, barristers, mediators and legal aid.
Sample letters to get proof that a partner has been issued with a domestic violence protection order, if you're applying for legal aid.
Sample letters to get evidence of a restraining order or injunction against an abusive partner, if you're applying for legal aid.
Submit civil eForm POA1 and crime eForms CRM4, CRM4a, CRM5, CRM7 and CRM14.
Current and closed procurement activity for organisations interested in delivering legal aid.
Our approach to working with clients and making applications.
Spreadsheet for solicitor claims for virtual court hearings.
Documents to administer the auditing services for the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM)
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