Children’s Hearings Duty Plans for the next 12 months are now available. These plans cover the period 22 June 2020 to 25 June 2021.
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Covid-19 Equalities Statement
22 May 2020
We would like your feedback if you have been affected by or can otherwise identify any equalities impacts of the changes we have made due to Covid-19.
Children's
Children’s Duty Scheme – automatic enrolment for 2020-21 plans
20 February 2020
Update explaining auto-enrolment of duty scheme solicitors onto the 2020-21 plans and how to join/leave the scheme.
Children's
Your help needed tackling delays to start of children’s hearings
9 October 2019
Find out about some of the steps that have been taken to improve the running of Children's Hearings and how you can help.
Legal Aid Online
Improvements to Legal Aid Online driven by first round of solicitor feedback
29 August 2019
Learn about and view screenshots of the improvements to Legal Aid Online.
Children's
Change to Children’s ABWOR assessment procedure
4 July 2019
With effect from Monday 8 July we will no longer apply a hold to a request for ABWOR.
Children's
New format Children’s duty plans for 2019-20 published
4 July 2019
Instead of weekly slots being allocated to individual firms we have now listed alphabetically the firms that have selected each geographical area.
Legal Aid Online
Block move/transfer cases option added to Legal Aid Online
18 April 2019
This update contains information about a new ‘Block solicitor transfer/firm moves’ option that will go live on Wednesday 24 April.
Legal Aid Online
New restricted access option on LAOL for law accountants
11 April 2019
We have now developed a third party access solution allowing you to restrict access for law accountants to specified cases only.
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The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, to increase fees by 3%
9 April 2019
The increase was announced by the Minister for Community Safety, Ash Denham, as part of the Scottish Government’s wider response to Martyn Evans’s independent r
