https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/moving-from-a-diagnostic-interview-to-standard-advice-and-assistance-when-and-how-to-do-this/
https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/moving-from-a-diagnostic-interview-to-standard-advice-and-assistance-when-and-how-to-do-this/
If you think that any of the circumstances affecting your client requires “high-level” advice by a solicitor equivalent to a listed category, you can ask us for an uplift to Standard Advice and Assistance.
You can do this by:
We will consider each request to move from diagnostic to standard advice and assistance on its own merits. The factors we will take into consideration include:
If you apply to uplift a diagnostic grant on Prison Rules to standard advice and assistance, we will consider each case on its own merits. The factors we will take into consideration include:
If we authorise you to give standard advice and assistance for the case, the following rules apply:
If you move from a diagnostic interview to standard advice and assistance, your client will have to pay any contribution for standard advice and assistance. You may wish to ensure that your client is aware that they may have to pay this higher amount. However, they only pay the balance between any amount they have paid for the diagnostic interview and the amount payable for the standard advice and assistance.