| Form
description |
Form
code and download link |
Date
of issue |
| APPLICATIONS
FORMS |
|
|
| Civil legal assistance |
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|
CIVIL ADVICE
AND ASSISTANCE/ABWOR
- available in print format or through Legal Aid Online: |
|
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| Application for civil advice and assistance/ABWOR |
AA/APP/CIV
* Guidance |
5/2007 |
| Application for increase in authorised expenditure for civil advice and assistance/ABWOR |
AA/INC/CIV
* Guidance |
5/2007 |
| Advice and assistance - Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form for civil and children's cases |
AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - as a Microsoft Word document
AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - in pdf format to print only |
10/2009 |
| CIVIL
LEGAL AID |
|
|
| One set of guidance covers all these new forms |
*Guidance on all civil application forms |
02/2009 |
| Solicitor’s application form in family cases |
CIV/SOL/FAMILY |
02/2009 |
| Solicitor’s application form in non-family cases |
CIV/SOL/NON-FAMILY
|
02/2009 |
| Special
urgency – for notifying or applying for certification for special urgency work (includes mandate) |
CIV/SU |
02/2009 |
| Reporting
Form |
CIV/REP |
02/2009 |
| Civil application for sanction by solicitor |
CIV/SANCTION |
02/2009 |
| Civil application for amendment or extension in family cases |
CIV/AMEND/FAMILY |
02/2009 |
| Civil application for amendment or extension in non-family cases |
CIV/AMEND/NON-FAMILY |
02/2009 |
| Civil request for transfer of agency |
CIV/TRANSFER |
02/2009 |
| Civil notification of solicitor ceasing to act |
CIV/CEASE |
02/2009 |
| Financial Eligibility Form 1 |
CIV/FIN/1 |
11/2005 |
| Financial
Eligibility Form 2 |
CIV/FIN/2
CIV/FIN2/checklist
|
11/2005 |
| Financial Eligibility Form 3 - Earnings
statement by applicant's employer - use with Form 2 |
CIV/FIN/3 |
11/2005 |
Civil
legal aid – information for applicants booklet
|
CIV/INFO
|
04/2007 |
| Civil Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form |
CIV/LAO (link to LAO mandate page where the form is available as Word or PDF) |
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| |
|
|
| Criminal legal assistance |
|
|
pdf versions of the new criminal forms are no longer available - you should use only printed forms or Legal Aid Online.
|
|
|
CRIMINAL ADVICE
AND ASSISTANCE/ABWOR
- available in print format or through Legal Aid Online: |
|
|
| Application for criminal advice and assistance / ABWOR |
AA/APP/CRIM
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Application for a grant of criminal ABWOR or increase in authorised expenditure for criminal advice and assistance/ABWOR |
AA/INC/CRIM
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Advice and assistance - Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form for criminal cases |
AA/LAO/CRIM - Criminal cases - Client Mandate Form - as a Microsoft Word document
AA/LAO/CRIM - Criminal cases - Client Mandate Form - in pdf format to print only |
11/2008 |
| CRIMINAL
LEGAL AID |
|
|
| Application for criminal legal aid in summary proceedings |
CRIM/SUMMARY
* Guidance
*2009 financial test guidance |
6/2008 |
| Summary criminal exceptional payments application |
CRIM/EXCEPTIONAL
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Application
to court - solemn proceedings |
CRIM/COURT/APP |
5/1998 |
| Application
to Board - appeal proceedings |
CRIM/APPL/APP |
5/1998 |
Intimation to the Board of automatic
legal aid: drug court; youth court; section 22;
domestic abuse court
|
CRIM/AUTOMATIC
|
7/2004 |
| Criminal application for sanction |
CRIM/SANCTION
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Criminal request for transfer of agency |
CRIM/TRANSFER
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Criminal notification of solicitor ceasing to act |
CRIM/CEASE
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Criminal Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form |
LAO/CRIM (link to LAO mandate page where the form is available as Word or PDF) |
|
| |
|
|
| Children's legal assistance |
|
|
CHILDREN'S ADVICE
AND ASSISTANCE
- available in print format or through Legal Aid Online: |
|
|
| Application for children's advice and assistance |
AA/APP/CHL * Guidance |
|
| Application for increase in authorised expenditure children's advice and assistance |
AA/INC/CHL * Guidance |
|
| Advice and assistance - Legal Aid Online Client Mandate Form for civil and children's cases |
AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - as a Microsoft Word document
AA/LAO/CIV - Client Mandate Form - in pdf format to print only |
6/2008 |
| |
|
|
| LEGAL
AID FOR CHILDREN |
|
|
| Application
to court |
CHILD/APP |
1/1999 |
Application
to Board - proceedings on appeal
|
CHILD/APPL/APP
|
12/1998 |
| |
|
|
GENERAL
Only use these forms in children's cases - for civil and criminal cases, use the forms detailed above. |
|
|
| Application for sanction by solicitor (use for children's cases only) |
SANC/APP |
5/1998 |
| Application for amendment or extension by solicitor (use for children's cases only) |
AMND/APP |
No date |
| Application for transfer by solicitor (use for children's cases only) |
TRANS/APP |
6/1998 |
| Notification of solicitor ceasing to act (use for children's cases only) |
CEASE/APP
|
6/1998 |
| ACCOUNTS
FORMS |
|
|
| ADVICE
AND ASSISTANCE |
|
|
| Applicant grave hardship or distress |
AA/
HARDSHIP/1
* Guidance |
5/2004 |
| Solicitor's
application where payments will be delayed or difficult |
AA/
HARDSHIP/2
* Guidance |
5/2004 |
| Application for reimbursement
of outlays (civil and/or A&A) |
SLA/ROL/2
|
- |
| Request
for reimbursement of outlays where there is no potential
for any financial recovery |
SLA/ROL/5 |
7/2002 |
| |
|
|
| CIVIL
LEGAL AID |
|
|
Retrospective civil fee
increase claim form
|
RET/CIV/INC/09
(not available from Stewarts)
|
06/2009 |
| Civil account synopsis and conclusion of proceedings
(This form is computer-generated when civil legal aid is granted and the PDF version here is only for cases where legal aid was granted before 2 March 2009 - see mailing.) Please ensure you complete the form in capital letters and in black ink.
|
CIV/ACC/CONC
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance
|
02/2009 |
| Application for reimbursement of outlays |
SLA/ROL/1 |
3/1995 |
| Payment on
account of fees |
SLA/POA/3
* Guidance |
11/2005 |
| CRIMINAL
LEGAL AID |
|
|
| Retrospective solemn criminal fee increase claim form - for use only from 5 July 2010 |
RET/SOL/INC/10 |
|
| Request
for reimbursement of outlays or interim payment of fees under criminal legal aid (in solemn and appeals cases) and
children's legal aid |
SLA/ROL/6 |
7/2002 |
| Criminal legal assistance accounts synopsis form - for supplementary accounts |
CRIM/ACCTS
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Criminal ABWOR account synopsis form - for supplementary accounts |
CRIM/ACCTS/AB
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance
|
6/2008 |
| Criminal legal assistance account synopsis duty scheme |
CRIM/ACCTS/DS
(not available from Stewarts)
* Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Criminal legal assistance account synopsis duty follow up proceedings |
CRIM/ACCTS/DSF
(not available from Stewarts)
*Guidance |
6/2008 |
| Summary criminal proceedings: fixed payments in district/JP and stipendiary courts - supplementary account - in use from 1 April 2008 to 29 June 2008 |
ACC/CRIM/FIX/DS/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) |
4/2008 |
| Summary criminal proceedings: fixed payments in sheriff court - supplementary account - in use from 1 April 2008 to 29 June 2008 |
ACC/CRIM/FIX/SHER/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) |
4/2008 |
| Summary criminal proceedings: sheriff court - detailed fees - supplementary account - in use from 1 April 2008 to 29 June 2008 |
ACC/CRIM/DET/SHER/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) |
4/2008 |
| Solemn, appeals and automatic: detailed fees - supplementary account |
ACC/CRIM/DET/SOLM/SUP
(not available from Stewarts) |
4/2008 |
Guidance for these criminal accounts forms
|
* Guidance
|
|
| FOR THE USE OF
RIGHTS OF AUDIENCE SOLICITORS ONLY |
|
|
Claim for payment by rights
of audience solicitors
|
ACC/ROAS/1
print only |
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| ORDER
FORM |
|
|
Order form for printed
forms and legal aid materials from Stewarts
Stewarts contact details are:
Fax: 01506 460 129
Tel: 01506 405 480
Postal address: 1 Lister Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston EH54 7BL |
GEN/ORD |
04/2010 |
