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Special urgency
Page contents:
Special urgency and residence applications
Special urgency and contact cases: specific information to provide
Special urgency and Minutes of Variation (change in existing residence arrangements)
Special urgency in context of failure to obtemper contact arrangements
Special urgency for obtaining a section 11 child welfare report ordered by the Court
Special urgency
Cover for work done before a decision on the legal aid application: the nature and types of special urgency
Special urgency: satisfying yourself that a client is financially eligible
List of circumstances in which you may undertake urgent work without prior approval
Arrangements for collection of your client’s contributions in special urgency: the client mandate
Assessment of special urgency applications: tests applied by us
Special urgency guidance: family cases
Rejected or continued applications for civil legal aid: limited circumstance in which special urgency is available
The importance of providing reasons for special urgency in the body of your application
Special urgency, expenses, and property recovered or preserved: circumstances where we may not be able to pay you
Status of your client under special urgency: contributions and requirement to provide financial information
Special urgency and extension or amendments to existing legal aid
Special urgency and sanction applications: usual sanction procedure applies
Special urgency and undertaking necessary collateral work: timing issues
Special urgency work’s status: issues your client to be aware where it is not a grant of legal aid
Special urgency situations where the client does not comply with our requests for information: potential effects
Special urgency: procedure for exemption from court fees
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