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St Andrew’s Day and festive closures: Payment arrangements and emergency Helpline

17 November 2025

Details of payment dates and SLAB office closures for St Andrew’s Day, Christmas and New Year, including our emergency Helpline for urgent legal aid assistance.

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Reform vital for Scotland’s legal aid system despite record annual spend

30 October 2025

Our Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2025 published today reveals record legal aid spending of £169 million.

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Phone system issues resolved

29 September 2025

The earlier issues with our phone system have been traced and resolved

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Inquiries on Peter Murrell’s application for legal aid

4 July 2025

The Scottish Legal Aid Board is bound by strict rules that govern what we can say about individual legal aid applications.

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Transformational reform required to secure future of legal aid in Scotland

28 May 2025

Vision made to Holyrood civil justice committee for a modern, sustainable and person-centred legal aid system that meets the needs of 21st-century Scotland

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Determination by Scottish Ministers: Denise Clair

6 March 2025

Scottish Ministers have made a determination in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2)(c) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.

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Scottish Government reform paper to address challenges facing legal aid system

27 February 2025

The Scottish Government (SG) has set out three key strands of work for improving and reforming the legal aid system in a paper published today

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Easter & spring bank holidays: Solicitor payments & opening hours

26 February 2025

Details of processing payment dates and bank credits dates during office closures for Easter on 18 and 21 April, and May Day on 5 May.

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SLAB trainee solicitors embark on new-look Civil-Criminal traineeships

3 February 2025

Our CLS Directorate have today welcomed three trainee solicitors who will be the first intake to benefit from a new traineeship in both civil and criminal law

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Website maintenance being carried out on Monday 3 February

30 January 2025

Our website is being moved to a new server on Monday to improve performance, reliability and its ability to handle increased demands

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