News and communications

A further opportunity to tender for the 2024 Standard Civil Contract opened on Monday 18 March 2024.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

Working with the Law Society and Association of Prison Lawyers, the LAA have amended the crime contract and associated guidance.

• Updated: 5 March 2024

Providers need to be aware of changes relating to immigration and asylum work which are being introduced on 1 January 2024.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

Market engagement event taking place for civil legal aid providers in the north west of England.

• Updated: 26 September 2023

Tenders invited to deliver housing and debt contract work in the Walsall procurement area.

• Updated: 2 August 2023

Contracts start for the new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service.

• Updated: 1 August 2023

New civil contract schedules beginning 1 September 2023 to be made available by the end of July.

• Updated: 20 July 2023

The changes are designed to increase flexibility for providers and reduce administrative burdens.

• Updated: 20 July 2023

The amended housing and debt specification is available on the legal aid pages on GOV.UK.

• Updated: 7 July 2023

We are extending the 2022 standard crime contract by 24 months to 30 September 2025.

• Updated: 22 May 2023

Changes are being made to mental health contracts to cover more cases when a tribunal appoints providers to represent clients.

• Updated: 21 March 2023

Emails going to providers asking them to confirm if they wish to accept further civil contract extension offers by deadline of 9am on 28 April 2023.

• Updated: 2 March 2023

We have added the revised immigration specification which is part of the 2018 Standard Civil Contract to the legal aid pages on GOV.UK.

• Updated: 1 March 2023

We are welcoming bids from new entrants and existing providers in the new year for work on 2018 civil contracts. This follows their extension to 31 August 2024.

• Updated: 7 November 2022

Changes are being made to the 2018 Standard Civil Contract effective from 1 September 2022 to allow early billing for asylum matters.

• Updated: 1 September 2022

Rollout of the Standard Crime Contract 2022 will change the scope of pre-charge engagement for cases that start on or after 1 October 2022.

• Updated: 1 September 2022

Providers without duty rota slots starting on 1 October need to return CRM12 forms.

• Updated: 22 August 2022

2022 crime contracts are now being uploaded into Contracted Work and Administration and we have published duty solicitor membership lists starting 1 October.

• Updated: 18 August 2022

New civil contract schedules beginning 1 September 2022 to be made available by the end of July.

• Updated: 25 July 2022

We have decided to include immigration in the planned extensions of all 2018 Standard Civil Contracts until 31 August 2023.

• Updated: 13 July 2022