Procedures after legal aid is granted

Procedures after legal aid is granted

• What work requires prior approval from us for 2011 Act proceedings?
• General guidance on approval for counsel
• Applying for approval for counsel in children’s proceedings
• Factors that may justify the employment of junior counsel
• Approval for two or more junior counsel, or for senior counsel acting alone or with junior counsel, in children’s court proceedings
• Instructing a solicitor advocate instead of an advocate
• What work will approval for counsel cover in 2011 Act court proceedings?
• When you need approval to employ an expert
• Applying for approval to employ an expert
• Selecting an appropriate expert
• Prior approval required for experts and limitations on their costs
• Approval for unusual expenditure or work likely to involve unusually large expenditure
• What information should be provided in support of an application for approval for unusual expenditure or work likely to involve unusually large expenditure?
• Approval for unusual work or work likely to incur unusually large expenditure – special measures for child witnesses and vulnerable adult witnesses
• Taking precognitions in children’s hearings proof proceedings and disclosure of evidence by the Reporter
• Reconsideration of approval application refusals or approval part grants
• Changes of nominated solicitor and withdrawing from acting