What types of applications and accounts are covered?
- advice and assistance applications, increases and accounts
- civil applications including special urgency and the most frequently used post-grant forms
- summary criminal applications and sanctions
What are the benefits for solicitors?
And what special features and new features make doing legal aid easier?
Legal Aid Online is easy to use - you can see a short movie on how an advice and assistance application is made.
Why not try Legal Aid Online yourself to make the most of these benefits - find out now in getting started.
Benefits
Quicker and easier to complete forms
- Information about you and your firm, and the client if they have already applied for legal assistance, is already completed for you.
- No need to refer back to earlier forms when you need to apply for further approval or amendments.
- Automatic calculation of
financial eligibility, allowances and contributions for special urgency and primary applications
- Pick lists save you having to write in information
- All forms are validated before you send them to us.
Quicker turnaround of your applications and accounts
- Look at our target turnaround times for applications and applications-related matters, and for accounts, in our corporate plan – we can deal much more quickly with online matters.
Increased cash flow and no increased cost
- Fast turnaround of accounts means you’re paid earlier.
- You don't need any new software, so there's no expense involved.
More efficient business
- Cut down on paperwork.
- More accurate information gathering, and less chance of mistakes.
- Work at times convenient for you.
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Better service for clients
Features:
- Available outwith normal office hours
- Dedicated helpline and email facility
- Quick form-filling - with pick lists and automatic filling in of previously given information so eliminating duplication of effort
- Fewer errors and delays – an electronic form can’t be sent if there is incomplete or incorrect information
- Your administrative staff can complete forms and all other administrative tasks.
- Immediate – no need to rely on postal services
and you'll get quick electronic notifications and decisions
- No need to send us hard copies of applications. You simply print off a paper copy of an online application, your client signs it and you keep this in your office.
- You can track progress from initial application to payment with information on all contact and decisions made.
New features
- simplified form (mandate) for getting your client's signature
- ready made increase and sanction templates- mean less keying
- you can send documents electronically or by post
Legal Aid Online makes it easier for you to make applications, and reduces bureaucracy.
Why not try Legal Aid Online yourself to make the most of these benefits - find out now in getting started.
Need to refer to the old Legal Aid Online web pages? Click here to go to the archive.
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