Guidance

Civil processing dates

From:: Legal Aid Agency
Part of:: Payments and processing
Published:: 1 June 2014
Last updated:: 20 July 2017, see all updates
Applies to:: England and Wales

Check timescales for LAA to process your work (for example, civil applications and bills).

Summary of processing timescales

Information will be updated on a weekly basis and the current position will be the oldest date as of Friday the previous week.

Current targets:

Civil applications	Civil bills	Very high cost case plans and correspondence (family cases exceeding £25,000 using single counsel)
90% within 15 working days	90% within 15 working days	90% within 20 working days

We continually aim to turnaround applications and bills as soon as possible and strive to deliver performance under our current set targets.

Civil applications

Work type	Current position (working days)
Applications (inc means assessments)	19 days
Amendments/Authorities	9 days
Appeal	24 days
Discharge	25 days
Means re-assessments	20 days

Civil bills

These timescales apply to paper and CCMS claims.

Please remember to submit your CCMS Outcome promptly to avoid payment delays as these timescales for CCMS claims reflect those claims that have already had their ‘outcomes’ reported and finalised. Civil news: submitting case ‘outcomes’ and prompt payments

Work type	Current position (working days)
Court Assessed	6 days
Fixed fee	6 days
Hourly rate	7 days
FAS	5 days
POA	0 days

Please allow a further 5 – 9 days for payment to be received.

For further performance information please see the Government Performance Platform.

Very high cost cases (family cases exceeding £25,000 using single counsel)

Work type	Current position (working days)
Case plan	16 days
Claim 1 in lieu of a case plan	19 days
Correspondence	9 days
Contracts	4 days

Contents

Document information

Published: 1 June 2014

Updated: 20 July 2017

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20 July 2017 Latest processing times published.
12 July 2017 Processing times updated.
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28 October 2014 Updated
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