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We have updated our guidance to provide more detail on how to make accommodation and mileage claims for Crown Court work.
New criminal contract schedules beginning 1 October 2023 to be made available by the end of August.
Removal of financial eligibility tests for under 18s.
The changes are designed to increase flexibility for providers and reduce administrative burdens.
We are making changes from 1 July 2023 to the 2022 Standard Crime Contract which will allow providers to bill for pre-charge bail matters before the case ends.
Revisions include interim payment of cost claims known as ‘disbursements’ and the new section 28 fixed fee.
We are developing a new digital service to replace CRM14 and CRM15 eForms and testing with providers and caseworkers starts in summer 2023.
You can now download new versions of digital Proceeds of Crime Act claim forms PA1, PL1 and PL2.
Help and guidance for providers carrying out work from 1 October under the 2022 Standard Crime Contract.
Criminal legal aid schemes will see wide-ranging fee increases from 30 September 2022.
We are introducing a new dedicated email service especially for crime providers to help with associated civil JR applications in custody time limit cases.
We will shortly be inviting organisations whose 2022 Standard Crime Contract bids have completed verification to provide details of their duty solicitors.
Criminal Bills Assessment Manual updated to reflect new guidance on the use of intermediaries to help vulnerable users of courts and tribunals.
Criminal Bills Assessment Manual updated for contempt matters and breaches of injunctions.
We are updating Crown Court fee claims guidance, unused material claim forms and local bar travel allowances.
Notification letters go out about the outcome of tenders for work under the 2022 Standard Crime Contract.
Change in evidential requirements when applicants held in custody submit a change in financial circumstances.
We have amended the Criminal Legal Aid Manual guidance to help providers instructed on or immediately before the day of a sending hearing.
Providers can now watch 2 new training videos on how to claim correctly for pages of prosecution evidence (PPE).
Attendance notes now accepted as advocate proof of attendance for magistrates’ court breach of bail hearings as part of Crown Court proceedings.
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