Festive period contact details: Accounts Assessment and Finance
23 December 2020
Contact details for solicitors on how to contact accounts assessment and finance teams over the festive period.
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Legal aid solicitor data on impact of Covid-19 – March to December 2020
18 December 2020
Information on solicitor applications and accounts for the period from beginning of March to early December 2020
Children's
Covid-19: Refreshed CRWIA for the emergency children’s provisions for the hearings system
11 December 2020
A refreshed Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) for the children’s provisions in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 has been published.
General
St Andrew’s Day and festive period payment arrangements
13 November 2020
View information about the payment dates over the St Andrew's Day and festive public holidays 2020.
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Photocopying service on hold
11 November 2020
In line with government advice, we are currently unable to provide our photocopying service to the profession while our offices are closed for normal business
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Update on client payments due to the Legal Aid Fund
10 November 2020
An update to steps put in place to help clients with payments, including contributions, expenses awards and terminations of legal aid.
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Research on use of interim fees uptake during Covid-19
4 November 2020
Details of research with solicitors who have not submitted any interim fees to find out if there are any barriers to using Covid-19 interim fee arrangements
Civil
Civil legal aid research published
2 November 2020
See published research on rural issues literature review and our 2019 survey of civil solicitors.
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Legal aid framework project publishes first policies and decision-makers’ guidance
29 October 2020
An update about a project to develop a new framework for our policies and guidance on legal aid applications and accounts.
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Covid-19: Applicants’ signatures on online declaration forms
7 October 2020
Advice on applications being submitted without clients signing legal aid declarations during Covid-19 restrictions
