https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/when-fresh-grants-of-advice-and-assistance-not-abwor-are-required/
https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/when-fresh-grants-of-advice-and-assistance-not-abwor-are-required/
Where you are providing only advice and assistance to your client and not ABWOR for actual representation at a children’s hearing under the 2011 Act, the category code to select is CHSA.
You can seek increases to advise on any children’s hearings fixed, even if they are not deferred hearings.
However, to prevent any unnecessary continuations from us we would suggest that if you have not provided your client with advice in the last six months, you make a fresh grant of advice and assistance. This will ensure that you are paid timeously for work carried out and prevent associated lengthy files and accounts to submit.
Assistance by Way of Representation for children’s proceedings
Find out when a templated increase in expenditure is available under ABWOR for 2011 Act cases including what work it covers.
Assistance by Way of Representation for children’s proceedings
Find out about the availability of ABWOR to relevant persons and deemed relevant persons in various 2011 Act proceedings, and who applies the mean/merits tests.
Assistance by Way of Representation for children’s proceedings
Section 25 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 introduces rights of participation (‘participation rights’) in children’s hearings for certain individuals
Assistance by Way of Representation for children’s proceedings
This page provides guidance on the ‘effective participation’ test in ABWOR. It sets out the regulatory factors considered in ‘effective participation’ and how they are assessed. These include the complexity of the case; the nature of the legal issues involved; the ability of the person to consider or challenge documents or information, and to present their views in an effective manner. It also provides information on the availability of ABWOR where the client is not present.
Assistance by Way of Representation for children’s proceedings
This page includes information on when you need to apply for a fresh grant of ABWOR, and when you can continue to provide ABWOR for a hearing under an existing grant. It also sets out our position on whether fresh applications are needed for eighth working day hearings; interim compulsory supervision orders; and pre-Hearing panels.
Assistance by Way of Representation for children’s proceedings
View hypothetical examples of when you would make a fresh grant or application for ABWOR or where an increase request is sufficient for the next hearing.