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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Edinburgh office closed Friday 24 January
23 January 2025
Our Edinburgh head office Thistle House will be closed on Friday 24 January due to a Met Office Red Weather Warning for Storm Éowyn
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Festive opening hours and payment arrangements
4 December 2024
Our opening hours for Christmas & New Year 2024, solicitor payment arrangements & emergency helpline for civil, children’s & criminal business that cannot wait.
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St Andrew’s Day closure, payment arrangements and emergency Helplines
25 November 2024
We are closed Monday 2 December with payment dates running Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4, plus emergency numbers for civil, criminal & children's business.
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Annual report 2023-24: More help delivered and payments increase – but justice-wide collaboration needed to reform system
6 November 2024
Our 2023-24 annual report published today shows the cost of legal assistance was £151m and funded 176,000 grants in civil, criminal & children’s matters.
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Advice and representation provided through police and court duty schemes
26 September 2024
Clarification on how the police and court duty schemes we run operate and their effectiveness in providing advice.
