LAOL downtime scheduled: Saturday 20 September, 7pm – Essential maintenance

11 September 2025

Access to Legal Aid Online (LAOL) will be unavailable on Saturday 20 September from 7pm until 10pm.

Apologies for any inconvenience this essential deployment downtime causes as we try to minimise service disruption at peak times.

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