Guidance

Civil processing dates

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

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 8 August 2018 — see all updates
From:
Legal Aid Agency
Applies to:
England and Wales

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)
80% processed (end-to-end) in 20 working days (excluding the most complex cases) 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) 14 days
Amendments/Authorities 8 days
Appeal 22 days
Discharge 37 days
Means re-assessments 29 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 8 days
Fixed fee 7 days
Hourly rate 8 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 - this does not include cases dealt with by the ECC team, in particular, 2 counsel and Queen’s Counsel cases)’

Work type Current position (working days)
Case plan 23 days
Claim 1 in lieu of a case plan 7 days
Correspondence 3 days
Contracts 3 days
Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 8 August 2018 + show all updates
  1. Dates changed
  2. Dates changed
  3. Dates changed
  4. Dates changed.
  5. Dates updated.
  6. Dates updated.
  7. Dates updated.
  8. Dates updated.
  9. Dates updated
  10. Dates updated
  11. Dates updated
  12. Dates updated.
  13. Dates updated.
  14. Dates updated.
  15. Updated working days.
  16. Dates updated.
  17. Dates updated.
  18. Dates updated.
  19. Dates updated.
  20. Dates updated.
  21. Dates updated.
  22. Dates updated.
  23. Dates updated.
  24. Dates updated.
  25. Dates updated.
  26. Dates updated.
  27. Dates updated.
  28. Dates updated.
  29. Dates updated.
  30. Dates updated.
  31. Dates updated.
  32. Dates updated.
  33. Dates updated.
  34. Dates updated.
  35. Dates updated.
  36. Dates updated.
  37. Dates updated.
  38. Dates updated.
  39. Dates updated.
  40. Latest processing dates published.
  41. Latest processing times published.
  42. Processing times updated.
  43. Dates updated.
  44. Dates updated.
  45. Dates updated.
  46. Dates updated.
  47. Dates updated.
  48. Dates updated.
  49. Dates updated.
  50. Civil processing dates updated.
  51. Dates updated.
  52. Dates updated.
  53. Dates updated.
  54. Civil processing dates updated.
  55. Dates updated.
  56. Dates updated.
  57. Dates updated.
  58. Civil processing dates updated.
  59. Dates updated.
  60. Dates updated.
  61. Dates updated.
  62. Dates updated.
  63. Dates updated.
  64. Dates updated.
  65. Dates updated.
  66. Date format updated.
  67. Dates updated.
  68. Updated
  69. First published.
Contents

Related content