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Children's

Video and webinars on Children’s reforms coming into effect 1 June 2026

12 May 2026

See our video on the Children's reform changes and dates for our webinars

Children's

Updated Children’s guidance on payment of Interim Compulsory Order (ICSO) extension and variation hearings in the sheriff court

10 December 2025

Our position remains the same - but we have now made the guidance more specific and clearer for you.

Children's

Children’s legal assistance research contributes to policy discussions and reform

9 April 2025

Series of research reports on children’s legal assistance after engagement with the profession, stakeholders and those who have had a Children's Panel Hearing.

Children's

Policy and decision-makers’ guidance published for assessing the merits of a children’s ABWOR application

26 March 2025

Our approach to these applications is not changing and our existing legal aid guidance for solicitors on the SLAB website remains the same

Civil

LAOL: webinars to support implementation of Start and Stop times

5 December 2024

Webinars have been arranged to support the implementation on 17 December of Start and Stop times on Legal Aid Online for Civil and Children’s accounts

Civil

Changes to recording work where fees are time-based

25 September 2024

Upcoming changes to the Legal Aid Online accounts system will require start and stop times for only time-based work entries in civil and children's accounts

Children's

Reminder of requirements for children’s duty solicitors appointed to act for a subject child at duty hearings

8 August 2024

This update is to remind anyone appointed as duty solicitor for a child for a hearing of the requirements that must be met prior to attending the hearing.

Children's

VACANCIES: Part-time peer reviewers needed for Children’s Quality Assurance Scheme

8 May 2024

We are recruiting solicitors to join our panel of peer reviewers.

Children's

New Regulations: extending children’s duty scheme to cover movement restriction condition hearings; amending counsel’s fees for accommodation and subsistence and introducing fee for written submissions in criminal first instance proceedings

25 April 2024

Update on changes from the Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (legislation.gov.uk), which come into force on 30 April 2024

Children's

Upcoming research with recipients of Children’s legal assistance

19 March 2024

We’ve commissioned independent research to explore the experience of children’s legal assistance and having a solicitor present at Children’s panel hearings.

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