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Use the Apply for criminal legal aid service to apply for criminal legal aid online.
For use in calculating claims under the Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS) and Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).
How to report suspected fraudulent activity to the LAA and find out what action we can take.
Guidance on which controlled work codes to use when submitting your legal aid claim in CWA (civil, crime lower, procurement etc).
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.
Information for organisations interested in delivering face to face Criminal Legal Aid Services from October 2025.
List of services that the LAA online portal provides, terms and conditions, and help.
Check timescales for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to process your work (eg prior authority application, graduated fee claims).
If your client is charged, legal aid may pay for some or all of the costs of legal representation in court. Find the specific guidance here.
Check timescales for LAA to process your work (for example, civil applications and bills).
Check dates for processing (crime and civil) and planned BACS payments, get financial statements, switch to variable monthly payments.
This page contains civil legal aid statutory materials, contracts, contractual arrangements, and guidance.
Find specific information and funding guidance so you can run your mediation service according to Legal Aid Agency (LAA) contracts.
Information for organisations interested in delivering legal aid under a 2024 Standard Civil Contract.
Contract documents for providers of criminal legal aid services, 2025
Updates on tender launches, retenders and contract extensions
How to report a person you suspect is receiving civil legal aid for which they are not eligible.
Follow this guidance when claiming for work undertaken under the Prohibition of Cross-Examination In Person Qualified Legal Representative (QLR) Scheme.
Civil applications: checklist for new applications, proceedings codes including wordings, limitation codes, borderline cases.
How CWA works online: how to claim, bulkloading, outcomes, new matter starts and guidance.
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