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This page contains guidance for firms to submit court assessed claims to the Legal Aid Agency's civil finance team.
Contract documents for the 2020 Police Station Telephone Advice Contract.
Information for organisations interested in administering LAA's Specialist Quality Mark from October 2022.
Information for organisations interested in applying to deliver Criminal Defence Direct Services from June 2020
Information on individual scheme areas for organisations interested in tendering to deliver HPCDS from 1 October 2018.
Contract documents for providers delivering Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes
Contract documents for the 2015 Standard Civil Contract.
This information supports the Crime Defence Direct and Police Station Immigration Telephone Advice Service tender process.
Guidance for Crown Court cases with a representation order dated before April 2013.
Contract documents for providers of welfare benefits advice in London and the south-east, and the Midlands and the east.
Contract documents for providers: clinical negligence, mental health, community care, actions against police, public law, family mediation.
Contract documents for providers of welfare benefits advice in the north, south-west and Wales.
Under the terms of LAA standard contracts for the provision of legal aid services you must implement this equality and diversity guidance.
High cost criminal case appeals guidance and past decisions.
Information for legal aid providers interested in applying to deliver family mediation from February 2015.
Information for organisations interested in applying to deliver Criminal Defence Direct Services from June 2021
CLA contract documents for providers of remote legal advice in family, housing, debt, discrimination, and education
Documents to administer the auditing services for the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM)
Draft contract documents for the Criminal Defence Direct Contract from 1 June 2021.
Draft contract documents for the Immigration Telephone Advice Services Contract from 1 June 2021.
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