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This section of our site provides information for legal aid professionals, such as solicitors.  If you want to apply for legal aid, visit our getting legal help section.

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  • Duty plans - to view the duty plans click here     

                             - to apply for inclusion in the duty plan for 2012-2013 please see the mailshot issued on 26 January 2012.

                              

  • All mailshots to solicitors - we inform solicitors about all changes to legal aid by sending mailshots. Go to this section to see a full list of mailshots we have issued and to read them. The list indicates whether a mailshot was issued to solicitors registered to provide civil or criminal legal assistance or both.
  • Keycard 2011 - for use from 11th April 2011 - only available online
 

 

   
   
 

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All legal aid applications must be made online from 1 April 2011 - click here to find out more.

 
     
 

News Items - We publish all news items on our homepage and the ‘News’ section of our website. If there are news items we think we should draw to your attention, we will highlight these here. Please remember that you can read all mailshots sent to solicitors in the mailshots section.

 
 

ALL SOLICITORS

  • For information regarding the Board's business arrangements over the festive period please click here.
  • 22 March 2011 - The Board has invited suppliers of interpreting, translation and transcription services to subscribe to a database to ease identification of suppliers for solicitors; and has developed guidelines standardising the fees and payment arrangements for interpreting, translation and transcribing. Read more in our mailshots section.
  • 25 February 2011 - Changes to regulations - effective 28 February 2011 - we have issued a mailshot to solicitors advising them about changes to the fees paid for time spent travelling. Please go to the mailshots section to read the update
  • Continuing increase in lawyers wishing to do legal aid work
  • Call recording - to help improve our communications we will be piloting call recording in our Criminal Applications Department from 22nd November 2010 - read mailshot

 

 
 

CIVIL SOLICITORS

  • 19 July 2011 - Changes are to be introduced to the stage reporting process. Read the detailed proposals here

  • 22 March 2011 - Board publishes Immigration and Asylum Best Value Review and research briefing.

    Please read our press release.

  • 18 March 2011 - Changes to the regulations effective 1 April 2011 - we have issued a mailshot to civil solicitors advising them about changes made to the clawback and special urgency provisions under advice and assistance and civil legal aid; children’s appeals; availability of ABWOR for the Additional Support Needs Tribunal; changes to counsel’s fees and the time limit for lodging an account in civil proceedings. Please go to the mailshots section to read the update.
  • 14 March 2011 - Board publishes Best Value Review of Regulation 18 (special urgency) work in civil legal aid. You can read the report here.
  • 25 February 2011 - Board publishes Best Value Review of Mental Health work. Read the report here and the research briefing on the CLAO Inverness training day on mental health and the law.
 
 

CRIMINAL SOLICITORS

  • 14 April 2011 - Following media coverage of a case where a solicitor raised concerns about solemn fees, solicitors can read here about solemn legal aid fees paid where clients are remanded in custody.
  • 22 March 2011 - Board issues consultation on proposals to amend the operation of the court duty solicitor schemes. Please go to the mailshots section to read the consultation.
  • 17 March 2011 - Changes to the regulations effective 22 March 2011 - we have issued a mailshot to criminal solicitors advising them about changes made to the fees payable in certain summary criminal legal aid cases. Please go to the mailshots section to read the update.

Out of hours solicitor "urgent increase" helpline - for solicitors' use only, for urgent increase requests.

For attendance at police stations please call 07711424344.  Staffed Mon-Fri, 17.00-22.00 and Sat-Sun, 10.00- 22.00. Voicemail messages can left outwith these hours.

 

 
 

Useful links for material on our site for the legal profession

 
   
 

Duty plans

Please click on the link to view the most up to date duty plans for each court.

If you want to contact us about the duty scheme or any duty plans please click here to e-mail us.

** IMPORTANT NOTICE - TO SEE THE MOST CURRENT DUTY PLAN PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS FROM THIS PAGE, DO NOT USE THE SEARCH FACILITY **

 

Aberdeen Sheriff - January - March - amended 12/1/12

     Aberdeen JP - January - March

Airdrie Sheriff - January - March - amended 18/1/12

     North Lanarkshire JP at Coatbridge - January - March- amended 18/1/12

     North Lanarkshire JP at Cumbernauld - January - March - amended 18/1/12

Alloa Sheriff/Clackmannan JP - January - March

Arbroath Sheriff - January - March

     Arbroath JP - January - March

Ayr Sheriff - January - March

      South Ayrshire JP Court at Ayr - January - March

Banff Sheriff - January - March

Campbelltown Sheriff/JP - January - March

Cupar Sheriff/JP - January - March

Dingwall Sheriff - January - March

Dornoch Sheriff/Sutherland JP - January - March

Dumbarton Sheriff - January - March

        West Dunbartonshire JP Court at Dumbarton - January - March

Dumfries Sheriff - January - March - amended 19/1/12

         Dumfries & Galloway JP at Dumfries - January - March - amended 19/1/12

Dundee Sheriff - January - March

        Dundee JP - January - March

Dunfermline Sheriff - January - March

         Dunfermline JP - January - March

Dunoon Sheriff - January - March

Duns Sheriff/Berwickshire JP - January - March

Edinburgh Sheriff - January - March

              Edinburgh JP - January - March

Elgin Sheriff/Moray JP - January - March - amended 19/1/12

  

Falkirk Sheriff/JP - January - March

Forfar Sheriff - January - March

           Angus JP at Forfar - January - March

Fort William Sheriff/Lochaber JP - January - March

Glasgow Sheriff and JP - January - March - amended 20/1/12

           Glasgow Alphabetical List - amended 13/1/12

Greenock Sheriff - January - March

          Inverclyde JP - January - March

Haddington Sheriff - January - March - amended 2/2/12

            Haddington JP - January - March

Hamilton Sheriff - January - March - amended 19/1/12

             South Lanarkshire JP at Hamilton - January - March - amended 24/1/12

             North Lanarkshire JP at Motherwell - January - March

Inverness Sheriff/JP - January - March

Jedburgh Sheriff/JP - January - March

Kilmarnock Sheriff/East Ayrshire JP at Kilmarnock - January - March

             North Ayrshire JP at Irvine - January - March

Kirkcaldy Sheriff - January - March

             Kirkcaldy JP - January - March

Kirkcudbright Sheriff/Dumfries & Galloway JP  at Kirkcudbright -January - March

Kirkwall Sheriff - January - March

Lanark Sheriff/South Lanarkshire JP court at Lanark - January - March

Lerwick Sheriff - January - March

Livingston Sheriff - January - March

              Livingston JP - January - March

Lochgilphead JP - January - March

Lochmaddy Sheriff/JP - January - March

Oban Sheriff/JP - January - March

Paisley Sheriff - January - March

             Paisley JP - January - March

Perth Sheriff - January - March

              Perth & Kinross JP - January - March

Peterhead Sheriff/Aberdeenshire JP at Peterhead - January - March

Portree Sheriff/JP - January - March

Rothesay Sheriff/JP - January - March

Selkirk Sheriff/Ettrick & Lauderdale JP - January - March

Stirling Sheriff/JP - January - March

Stonehaven Sheriff - January - March - amended 2/2/12

              Aberdeenshire JP  at Stonehaven - January - March - amended 13/1/12

Stornoway Sheriff/JP - January - March

Stranraer Sheriff/Wigtown JP at Stranraer - January - March - amended 19/1/12

Tain Sheriff - January - March

Wick Sheriff/JP - January - March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
     
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