Update: Change to Police Scotland Custody Reference Numbers
20 October 2021
Claiming fees for Police Station advice with Police Scotland National Custody System Unique Reference Number now a 7 digit number instead of 6 digit number.
General
Website unavailable briefly this weekend for server update
6 September 2021
Our website will be unavailable for a short time on Saturday 11 September 2021 to allow scheduled maintenance by our hosting provider.
Legal Aid Online
LAOL planned maintenance – Saturday 7 August
3 August 2021
Access to LAOL Legal Aid Online will be unavailable for essential maintenance on Saturday 7 August, 8am to 10am.
Criminal
Criminal ABWOR fixed fee cases where a Criminal Justice Social Work report is being considered
13 July 2021
We have updated Legal Aid Online with an easier way of requesting an increase in limit for Criminal ABWOR fixed fee cases when submitting the ABWOR application.
All solicitor updates
LAOL unavailable 12 July from 5.30pm until 7.30pm
12 July 2021
On Monday 12 July LAOL will be unavailable from 5.30pm until 7.30pm to deploy the latest changes and essential upgrade maintenance.
Legal Aid Online
New Legal Aid Online: Guidance for final switch
12 July 2021
This month we will make the final switch to the new Legal Aid Online (LAOL) upgrade with users required to implement changes to the log in process.
Legal Aid Online
LAOL downtime scheduled for Sunday night
17 June 2021
Access to LAOL Legal Aid Online will be down for essential maintenance and unavailable between 8pm and 8.30pm on Sunday 20 June
Legal Aid Online
LAOL back online
18 May 2021
Following issues with LAOL the problem has been resolved and the online system is now available.
All solicitor updates
LAOL: Essential maintenance completed
17 April 2021
Our online system is back online due to required maintenance being completed ahead of schedule.
All solicitor updates
LAOL: Essential maintenance scheduled this weekend (17-18 April)
14 April 2021
Access to LAOL Legal Aid Online will be down for essential maintenance and unavailable on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 April.
