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Headline intentions document published for future tender of specialist telephone and face-to-face civil legal advice (CLA) services.
Changes are being made to the way the exceptional and complex cases team respond to e-mail enquiries.
Additional Pages of Prosecution Evidence and Special Preparation workshops have been added.
Our online support team now offers webchats to help with technical issues when using CCMS, CWA or E Forms.
Compensation provided to claimants of the Windrush compensation scheme will now be disregarded when assessing civil and criminal legal aid eligibility.
Applications from separated migrant children no longer need to be supported by detailed evidence.
We are simplifying certificated work processes in certain family cases following a pilot with providers and representative bodies.
Changes have been made to the civil finance and escape cases handbooks to reflect current guidance.
Clarification on when new matter start increases require additional quality requirements to be met under the 2018 standard civil contract.
We are extending our deadline to 23 April 2019 for qualified legal professionals to submit applications for the Legal Aid Review Panel.
Workshops demonstrating how to submit the correct electronic evidence when claiming for Crown Court work are to be rolled out in the coming months.
We are making changes in response to provider feedback to help save you time.
Solicitors, barristers and Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives needed to consider appeals against certain LAA decisions.
Tender opens 4 March to deliver telephone immigration advice to clients in police custody and the bid deadline is 9am on 3 April 2019.
Discretionary powers for urgent civil cases now in force and ‘out of hours’ service closed.
Tenders open 19 February 2019 for housing and debt services and close at 9am 22 March 2019.
Guidance available providing additional information on the rules governing legal aid payments for judicial review.
A workshop is to be trialled to see if it helps providers send in the correct electronic evidence needed in support of Crown Court claims.
New backdating powers for urgent civil cases to be introduced on 20 February 2019 and ‘out of hours’ service closed.
IT network access has been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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