Legal services and advice providers

Resources for solicitors and other advice providers to help them effectively provide legal assistance

 Out of Hours Solicitors' Urgent Increase Helpline

For solicitors' use only to make all urgent increase requests.

Tel: 07711424344

Staffed:

Mon-Fri     17.00 - 22.00

Sat-Sun    10.00 - 22.00

Voicemail messages can be left outwith these hours.

Details for firms and solicitors wishing to register for Criminal, Civil and Children’s legal assistance, including the Children's Duty Scheme.

The Civil Legal Assistance Register and the Criminal Legal Assistance Register can be viewed here.

Legal Aid Online

You can find out information about how Legal Aid online works, how to get started and get technical help, access E-learning and guidance, information about Legal Aid Online Roadshows and the Legal Aid Online E-newsletter to Firm Administrators.

Legal assistance handbooks

Access the Legal Aid Handbooks which contain all the legal aid legislation and our policies and guidance.

Mailshots & updates

Read all the mailshots issued to solicitors about developments in legal aid.

Forms and mandates

You can access the legal aid forms for any remaining paper processes and the Legal Aid Online mandates and data capture forms.

Solicitor registration

Full information and documentation for solicitors wishing to register for Criminal, Civil and Children’s legal assistance.

Court duty plans

We operate the court duty solicitor scheme in Scotland. You can view the court duty plans across the country here.

Reforms and projects

Find out more about the upcoming reforms to legal aid or projects we are working on.

Advice sector

This section provides an overview for advice professionals of the targeted projects we fund to assist people who have civil problems.

Supplier support

Find out more about the Quality Assurance schemes that operate for solicitors who provide legal assistance. You can also read more about our Supplier Support initiative - to provide information to firms about their legal aid business to help them operate their firms effectively.

National Fraud Initiative

We are required by law to protect the public funds we administer. We may share information provided to us with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.

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