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Summary of the Gateway requirements: when and how to direct people to CLA for help.
Information for organisations interested in delivering face to face Criminal Legal Aid Services from October 2022.
Information about completing means assessment forms and checking that your client has correctly completed the forms.
Guides and videos for prosecutors and defence lawyers on using court technology to present evidence on screens in courtrooms.
Civil certificated billing codes and the certificate outcomes checklist: submit a legal aid claim in civil matters.
Contract documents for providers of face-to-face legal aid services in family, immigration and asylum, housing and debt.
How to appeal a decision made by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) for legal aid funding in high cost civil cases.
Guidance on the funding of civil contempt, how to apply and how to get paid.
How to submit escape fee case claims.
Find VHCC arrangements, guidance and VHCC contract documents for organisations and self-employed advocates.
Information for organisations interested in delivering face to face civil advice
How to appeal against a civil means assessment that you or your client disagree with.
Information for organisations interested in delivering legal aid under a 2024 Standard Civil Contract.
You should follow the standard file process outlined below when submitting work for online and paper billing.
Information packs for solicitors and barristers to get legal aid in high cost cases (HCC) where the matter is outside of family law.
Guidance on submitting your claim in Civil and Family Legal Aid Cases. This covers certificated and controlled work (including legal help escape cases and controlled legal representation)
How to appeal against a civil merits decision that you or your client disagree with.
How to appeal against our assessment findings on individual claims, or a sample of claims, billed to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA).
Information for organisations interested in applying to deliver Immigration Telephone Advice Services from June 2021
This page contains guidance for firms to submit court assessed claims to the Legal Aid Agency's civil finance team.
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