Guidance

Legal aid: management information online

Using MI online, you can access, download and print financial statements either for your own office or for the whole firm.

Applies to England and Wales

What is MI online?

Go to LAA online and use this service to view financial statements relating to your contracts.

Access MI

CWA firm and office managers using contracted work and administration (CWA) can access MI. CWA users with the role of CWA firm system administrator can add these user roles and set up new users as required.

Find out how to do this in the CWA user administration guide (PDF, 1.41 MB, 21 pages)

Statements available

Civil financial statement

This statement shows the current financial position of a civil office account ie, monthly submissions against payments made (monthly contract payments, adjustments and cheques received).

Family mediation financial statement

This statement shows the current financial position of a family mediation office account ie, monthly submissions against payments made (monthly contract payments, adjustments and cheques received).

Criminal financial statement

This statement shows the current financial position of a crime office account ie, monthly submissions (CRM6 and CRM7) against payments made (monthly contract payments, adjustments and cheques received).

Financial statement summary

This statement provides a summary of the financial position of the entire firm and includes individual office entries across crime, civil and mediation offices.

Further information

More detailed information can be found in the Financial statement - detailed user guide (PDF, 1.5 MB, 22 pages) and Financial statement - quick guide (PDF, 294 KB, 1 page)

Contact

Technical queries

(eg accessing, downloading or printing the financial statement)

Email: online-support@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk

Phone: 020 3334 6664

Data queries

(eg relating to values contained within the financial statements)

Email (reconciliation team): reconciliation@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 12 November 2014 + show all updates
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