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Legal aid providers: what to expect from the LAA audit process, including peer review and contract compliance audit details.
Apply for a Very High Cost Case (VHCC) contract.
Information for organisations interested in delivering face to face Criminal Legal Aid Services from October 2025.
Solicitors and barristers: how to submit any changes in your details to the Legal Aid Agency.
This page contains criminal legal aid statutory materials, the 2025 Standard Crime Contract, contractual arrangements, criminal legal aid guidance, claim codes.
How to submit escape fee case claims.
Check timescales for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to process your work (eg prior authority application, graduated fee claims).
Civil certificated billing codes and the certificate outcomes checklist: submit a legal aid claim in civil matters.
When a civil case becomes more complex and expensive, you need to apply to the LAA for high cost case status.
Legal aid providers: find out how the LAA sets quality assurance standards and make sure you qualify.
Civil applications: checklist for new applications, proceedings codes including wordings, limitation codes, borderline cases.
Information for individuals interested in applying to become Peer Reviewers
The Criminal Cases Unit is responsible for the assessing all special preparation claims under the litigator graduated fee scheme and advocates graduated fee scheme.
The Criminal Cases Unit is responsible for assessing a range of claims paid out of the Legal Aid Fund.
Guidance on the funding of civil contempt, how to apply and how to get paid.
The 2018 Standard Civil Contract governs the provision of face-to-face legal aid services in all civil categories.
The guides outline the procedures for handling contingency work and provide detailed explanations for specific scenarios.
List of providers able to carry out legal aid immigration work in the South West of England.
Find VHCC arrangements, guidance and VHCC contract documents for organisations and self-employed advocates.
Civil Legal Advice (CLA) contract documents for providers of specialist remote legal advice through the CLA helpline from 1 September 2025.
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