Following upgrade work to Legal Aid Online (LAOL), we have listed the below fixes that were deployed and ongoing issues to be resolved.
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St Andrew’s Day closure and festive period payment arrangements
26 November 2022
Our offices are closed Monday 5 December for St Andrew’s Day in line with Scottish Courts, with details of payment dates and opening times over festive period.
Access to Legal Aid Online (LAOL) will be unavailable 9pm-midnight on Monday 28 September to allow for deployment and upgrades.
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New prior approval applications policies and guidance published
17 November 2022
We have published the next block of policies, decision-makers’ guidance and new or revised legal aid guidance on Civil, Children’s and Criminal applications
Criminal
New regulations allow earlier payment of the inclusive sheriff court summary fixed fee of £550.76
1 November 2022
The Advice and Assistance (Summary Criminal Proceedings) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 are effective from 4 November 2022
Children's
Survey of solicitors providing children’s legal aid
27 October 2022
We are undertaking a survey of solicitors providing children’s legal aid to explore experiences of providing legal aid.
Civil
Research finds people largely positive with civil legal assistance services during the pandemic
26 October 2022
Findings from surveys commissioned during 2021-22 of clients of private practice civil legal aid firms and of CLAO clients and contacts
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Legal Aid Online: post-deployment progress and ongoing issues
21 October 2022
We are extremely appreciative of the profession’s willingness to work with us to identify and resolve issues following the recent Legal Aid Online deployment
Legal Aid Online
Legal Aid Online: issues and workarounds
30 September 2022
Guidance on known current issues with the online system and how to address them
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Regulations replace temporary Covid-19 provisions from 1 October 2022
29 September 2022
An update on equivalent permanent provisions introduced by the Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
