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Changes have been made to the civil finance and escape cases handbooks to reflect current guidance.
Digital claim form DCO2 must now be used for all magistrates' claims over £2,000 and all Crown Court claims.
New guidance published on submitting civil claims information to reduce returns and improve timescales of organisations being paid.
We are streamlining how we manage Care Case Fee Scheme (CCFS) events cases.
Emergency face-to-face advice for those facing housing repossession will come under scrutiny with the launch of a new survey seeking the views of legal professionals.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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.
Clarification on when new matter start increases require additional quality requirements to be met under the 2018 standard civil contract.
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.
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