| Date |
Mailshot
or information issued |
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The current civil
legal assistance register can be viewed on the Finding a
solicitor page of the getting
legal help section.
|
| 2006 |
For details about the new civil legal aid forms, visit this page |
| 23 June 2004 |
Memorandum
of Understanding - between the Scottish Legal
Aid Board and the Law Society of Scotland about civil and children's
legal assistance.
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| 16 June 2004 |
Mailshot
11 Registration
This mailshot has been
sent to the head office of firms on the provisional
civil register who had not responded to mailshot 10, to remind
them to return their registration form by 25 June. Read:
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| 1 June 2004 |
Mailshot
10 Registration for civil legal assistance and children's
legal assistance
This mailshot includes:
- an update on civil reform issues, including information
on an interim fees increases for civil advice and assistance,
and information on children's legal aid, including uplifts
in fees in certain cases
- information on registration requirements for civil
legal assistance, which are effective from 1 July 2004
- information on children's legal aid and the arrangements
for registration
The mailshot sent to the head
office of all firms on the provisional civil
register or criminal register included a pre-printed
form with details of the firm included on it. A letter
without the form has been sent to firm's branch offices.
This form should be returned no later than Friday 25
June. Read the
letter or download a copy of the
form.
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| |
Recorder
39 - This edition of our
newsletter contains further
guidance and information on civil reform.
|
| 24 February 2004 |
Mailshot
9 Registration and peer review
To further streamline the transition
to the new system, two changes to the registration and peer
review processes have been agreed:
- the full register will become
operational and the administrative and peer reviews commence
on 1 July 2004, rather than 1 April 2004
- the review process will follow
a three year cycle, as opposed to a two year cycle
Read the full details in the letter
issued to all civil legal assistance practitioners.
|
| 19 February 2004 |
Guidelines
for the ten administrative requirements
View or download the guidelines
in the following formats:
- web
page
- pdf
file that you can print out
- Microsoft
Word format. Microsoft Word is a word processor/
document authoring program. Other word processors may be
able to open MS Word files, although they may show formatting
or page layout slightly differently. If you do not have
Microsoft Word, then a free
viewer program is available from the Microsoft web site
so you can open and view Word documents.
|
| 16 January 2004 |
Payment on account
of fees form
This form is available on a pilot basis
and will be available from our printers soon - please contact
us to get a small supply of printed forms for use in the next
month. You can view
|
| January
2004 |
Civil
legal assistance register - the latest edition is available
in the finding a solicitor page of the getting legal help section.
|
| December
2003 |
Recorder
issue 38, has an article about civil reform. |
| 20
November 2003 |
Mailshot
8 Civil legal aid - Solicitor's application form -
sent to all civil legal aid practitioners. Provides an update
on completing the form. Read
letter.
|
| 30
October 2003 |
Civil
legal assistance register - updated version as at 30 October.
- no longer available
|
| 29
October 2003 |
Civil
legal aid merits guidelines - These guidelines
cover a range of topics and types of application. They are designed
to give a basic background to the factors that will be considered
in considering probable cause and reasonableness, and the evidential
requirements for applications. Printed copies will be sent to
practitioners over the next two weeks. Read
the cover letter.
|
| 13
October 2003 |
Mailshot
7 - Civil legal aid - Frequently Asked Questions
- sent to all legal aid practitioners
|
| 7
October 2003 |
Mailshot
6 - Civil legal aid - information for applicants (CIV/INFO)
booklet - sent to the managing partner at all firms
at the address shown on the provisional civil register
This
mailshot give information on supplies of the new information
booklet and included printed copies of the booklet.
|
| 29
September 2003 |
Final
provisional civil register
The
provisional register of firms who undertake civil legal assistance
is now available
- view
register in pdf format - no longer available
|
| 26
September 2003 |
Mailshot
5 - Civil legal aid - information for applicants (CIV/INFO)
booklet - sent to the managing partner at all firms
at the address shown on the provisional civil register
This
mailshot give information on supplies of the new information
booklet and provided copies of it. Read:
|
| 26
September 2003 |
Mailshot
4 - new civil civil legal aid application forms - effective
from 1 October 2003 - sent to the managing partner
at all firms at the address shown on the provisional civil
register
This
mailshot included a starter pack of all the new civil legal
aid forms, and information about the electronic versions,
ordering further supplies and forthcoming leaflets. Read:
- the
letter
- use
the links below to obtain copies of the materials that have
been issued
|
| September
2003 |
New
civil legal aid forms - electronic versions now available
The
forms are now available in pdf format on this site. Visit
our eForms section.
|
| 19
September 2003 |
Mailshot
3 - Fees and accounts - sent to all legal aid practitioners.
Read:
|
| 5
September 2003 |
Mailshot
2 - Applications and reporting - sent to all legal
aid practitioners. Read:
|
| 29
August 2003 |
Mailshot
1 - Civil registration process - read:
|
| 29
August 2003 |
Civil
provisional register
The
Board has compiled a list of those firms that have in the
recent past undertaken civil advice and assistance or civil
legal aid work. These firms will be entered provisionally
on the Register at 1 October 2003. You can view the register
in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
The
register is ordered alphabetically by firm name. To search
the document for your firm, you should the Find command in
Adobe Reader.
- View
the provisional register - as a pdf - no longer available
- Download
the provisional register - as a Word 97 file - no longer
available
|
| August
2003 |
- Seminars
- the Board and Law Society of Scotland are holding a number
of seminars on civil reform. View
details.
- The
lead article in The Recorder, issue 37, is about civil reform
- view the
Recorder
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