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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.
Apply for a Very High Cost Case (VHCC) contract.
Claim for payment for criminal legal aid work in crown courts under the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme or the Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme.
Find VHCC arrangements, guidance and VHCC contract documents for organisations and self-employed advocates.
Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme: paper claim forms for the AGFS, and Special Preparation claims
Find contract amendments, template letters and notices, and explanatory documents for use in high cost criminal cases.
Get help if you're a victim or witness who needs to give evidence in court. Find out how to review your statement, protection you can get in court and how to claim expenses.
A new First and Second Standing Junior Counsel are being appointed as from 1 April 2024.
The Office of the Advocate General is the UK Government’s Scottish legal team.
Recruitment process, rates of pay, overview of the panel, lists of members and guidance for barristers who work ‘off panel’.
Legal aid application forms and guidance for civil and crime work: apply online or through CCMS, deal with high cost or exceptional cases.
Legal aid helps pay for legal advice, mediation or representation in court - see if you can claim.
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
Victims of major disasters will be better supported as they rebuild their lives with a new and permanent Independent Public Advocate, the Lord Chancellor has announced today.
Conference on Disarmament: High-level Segment. Statement by the United Kingdom, as delivered by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon at the United Nations on 28 February 2024.
Guideline figures for carrying out a summary assessment of court costs, listed by pay band and grade for different parts of the country.
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