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Monday, Jun 17, 2013
Solicitor censured for repeatedly failing to respond to SLAB letters
The Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal has censured John Buchanan, solicitor, of Buchanan Burton Solicitors, 2 Strathmore House, Princes Square, East Kilbride, after he pled guilty to failing to respond timeously and accurately to reasonable enquiries made of him by the Scottish Legal Aid Board.
Monday, Jun 17, 2013
Applications for Making Advice Work Stream 3 have closed
The application period for Stream 3 - Thematic - of the Making Advice Work (MAW) grant funding progamme has now closed.
Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013
Court and Police Station Duty Schemes Update
An update on the current position with the court and police station duty schemes has been issued today.
Tuesday, Jun 04, 2013
Legal Aid conference 2013
Information about the 2013 Legal Aid conference, organised jointly by the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Legal Aid Board, is now available. This includes details on the event, including times and rates.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Children's Legal Assistance - additional information
We have provided online some of the presentation information and links referred to at the Children's Legal assistance roadshows organised to give practitioners the opportunity to become more familiar with the new processes, legal aid provisions and general arrangements for the hearing system.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Applicant Fined £1,500 for Legal Aid Fraud
Investigations by the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s applicant investigations team have led to the conviction of Patrick Black (DOB 13/01/1953) after he pled guilty to obtaining legal assistance fraudulently.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Timetable for development of options for contracting
The Scottish Government has issued an indicative timetable for the development of options for contracts for the provision of legally aided criminal casework services. The timetable indicates that the earliest possible date for introduction of contracts is early 2015.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Children’s Legal Assistance and Duty Scheme registration update
The initial deadline for registration applications for children’s legal assistance and the duty scheme was 17 May 2013. So far, 503 solicitors have applied to register to undertake children’s legal assistance and 318 have applied to register for the duty scheme. We are considering and responding to all applications. If you have applied you should hear from us shortly. You can still apply for either the general scheme or duty scheme and we will do our best to deal with applications before 24 June 2013.
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17, Jun, 2013
Solicitor censured for repeatedly failing to respond to SLAB letters
Read article17, Jun, 2013
Applications for Making Advice Work Stream 3 have closed
Read article11, Jun, 2013
Court and Police Station Duty Schemes Update
Read article04, Jun, 2013
Legal Aid conference 2013
Read article28, May, 2013
Children's Legal Assistance - additional information
Read article27, May, 2013
Applicant Fined £1,500 for Legal Aid Fraud
Read article24, May, 2013
Timetable for development of options for contracting
Read article21, May, 2013
Children’s Legal Assistance and Duty Scheme registration update
Read article15, May, 2013
Court and Police Station Duty Schemes Update
Read article14, May, 2013
Applications invited for Streams 1 and 2 of the Making Advice Work programme
Read article01, May, 2013
6 May Bank Holiday
Read article30, Apr, 2013
Equalities Mainstreaming Report Published
Read article29, Apr, 2013
Making Advice Work grant funding programme
Read article26, Apr, 2013
Legal Aid Applicant Sentenced for Fraud
Read article26, Apr, 2013
Basis for selecting the cost limits for grants of civil legal aid
Read article25, Apr, 2013
Board to manage £7.45 million advice funding
Read article12, Apr, 2013
Court and Police Duty Scheme Update
Read article22, Mar, 2013
Scottish Legal Aid Board joins Earth Hour 2013
Read article20, Mar, 2013
Update to Civil Legal Assistance Handbook - cost limits
Read article19, Mar, 2013
Court and Police Station Duty Schemes Update
Read article27, Feb, 2013
Court and Police Station Duty Schemes Update
Read article14, Feb, 2013
West Lothian debt advice project builds on previous success
Read article14, Feb, 2013
Police Station Duty Update - 14 February2013
Read article06, Feb, 2013
Technical Difficulties with DWP Link - Applicants in Receipt of a Passported Benefit
Read article28, Jan, 2013
LAOL - system offline
Read article28, Jan, 2013
MSP Briefing on Part 2 of the SCJC & CLA Bill
Read article25, Jan, 2013
Update on disclosure in children’s cases and cap on reports in s11 cases
Read article25, Jan, 2013
Legal Aid Applicant Sentenced for Fraud
Read article23, Jan, 2013
Proposals on contracting
Read article15, Jan, 2013
Police Station Duty Update - 14 January 2013
Read article14, Dec, 2012
Clarification on the collection of contributions in A&A
Read article14, Dec, 2012
STATEMENT: EBA and the Police Station Duty Scheme
Read article14, Dec, 2012
Provision of duty solicitors
Read article11, Dec, 2012
Police Station Duty Update - 11 December 2012
Read article05, Dec, 2012
IMPORTANT: Crown Office Systems
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