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The 2025 Standard Crime Contract goes live on 1 October alongside new guidance and welcome packs.
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is inviting tenders for Criminal Defence Direct (CDD) Contracts to deliver 24/7 telephone-based legal advice.
The LAA will start to send contracts for signature to crime providers from 1 July.
Stage 3 will be open until at least 30 September 2034, subject to any early notice, and is open to anyone who has not yet tendered.
The sending out CRM12s to providers who have verified their tenders in stage 1 of the crime procurement process has begun.
Clients are encouraged to annotate their bank statements with the nature, source, and frequency of credits when applying for a representation order.
Import claims from your case management system using new functionality in the Non-Standard Magistrate claims service
Stage 1 applicants have a final chance to join the October 2025 Duty Rotas. Compliant verification information must be submitted by 31 March 2025
View the funding decision of a criminal legal aid application in your LAA online portal with the new functionality rolled out for Apply for criminal legal aid.
Applicants that did not submit compliant verification information before 31 January 2025 may still join the October 2025 Duty Rotas if they act promptly.
Advantis take over responsibility for Crown Court means testing (CCMT) debt collection and enforcement services (DCES).
Organisations who tendered in stage 1 of the process will receive the outcome of their tenders for work under the 2025 Standard Crime Contract from 13 December.
Legislation comes into force on Friday 6 December which introduces some increases to fees for work done in the youth court and police station.
Fees to cover completed pre-charge engagement work can be claimed via CWA.
The eForms service is no longer available.
Recent joint working between LAA and HMCTS has identified the need for greater consistency across all courts in the way advocates sign in on all hearing days.
The second stage of the procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from Wednesday 1 October 2025.
The Police Station Representative Register (PSRR) is a listing of probationary and accredited representatives maintained by the Legal Aid Agency.
There is one week until the deadline for the first stage of the procurement process for the 2025 crime contract.
The Legal Aid Learning website has been updated with an improved design and functionality.
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