tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency HM Government 2025-05-01T15:25:13Z /government/publications/crime-contract-2025-tender#2025-05-01T15:25:13Z 2025-05-01T15:25:13Z

Information for organisations interested in delivering face to face Criminal Legal Aid Services from October 2025.

/government/publications/immigration-providers-south-west-support-directory#2025-05-01T08:15:06Z 2025-05-01T08:15:06Z

List of providers able to carry out legal aid immigration work in the South West of England.

/guidance/crime-processing-dates#2025-04-29T07:58:52Z 2025-04-29T07:58:52Z

Check timescales for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to process your work (eg prior authority application, graduated fee claims).

/government/news/apply-for-civil-legal-aid-building-an-improved-service#2025-04-28T12:24:13Z 2025-04-28T12:24:13Z

Providers can access the Apply for civil legal aid service for submission of legal applications in some civil proceedings.

/government/news/redesigning-and-rebuilding-check-if-you-can-get-legal-aid#2025-04-25T12:00:25Z 2025-04-25T12:00:25Z

Announcing the launch of the improved ‘Check if you can get legal aid� website, redesigned and user-focused.

/government/publications/directory-of-legal-aid-providers#2025-04-24T08:27:37Z 2025-04-24T08:27:37Z

Information about legal aid providers by category of law.

/guidance/civil-processing-dates#2025-04-24T08:11:33Z 2025-04-24T08:11:33Z

Check timescales for LAA to process your work (for example, civil applications and bills).

/guidance/legal-aid-agency-privacy-notice#2025-04-23T14:38:20Z 2025-04-23T14:38:20Z

This document explains how we handle the information we hold about you.

/government/news/despatch-of-crm12-forms-for-duty-rotas-starting-1-october-begins#2025-04-22T13:34:28Z 2025-04-22T13:34:28Z

The sending out CRM12s to providers who have verified their tenders in stage 1 of the crime procurement process has begun.

/government/news/crime-news-annotating-bank-statements-to-support-applications#2025-04-10T23:00:00Z 2025-04-10T23:00:00Z

Clients are encouraged to annotate their bank statements with the nature, source, and frequency of credits when applying for a representation order.

/government/news/import-a-non-standard-magistrate-claim-service#2025-04-10T15:37:39Z 2025-04-10T15:37:39Z

Import claims from your case management system using new functionality in the Non-Standard Magistrate claims service

/guidance/civil-legal-aid-means-testing#2025-04-08T07:59:58Z 2025-04-08T07:59:58Z

How to work out financial eligibility for legal aid: income and capital means testing, passporting and the civil legal aid calculator.

/government/news/civil-legal-aid-eligibility-keycard#2025-04-07T23:00:00Z 2025-04-07T23:00:00Z

A new keycard is available from Monday 7 April 2025.

/government/news/revised-guidance-when-applying-for-prior-authority#2025-04-02T10:38:38Z 2025-04-02T10:38:38Z

The guidance on remuneration for expert witnesses which sets out when to apply for prior authority has been updated

/government/publications/duty-solicitor-scheme-boundary-consultations#2025-04-02T08:52:40Z 2025-04-02T08:52:40Z

List of consultations regarding impacts of court and police station closures on duty scheme boundaries.

/government/statistical-data-sets/legal-aid-management-information#2025-04-01T14:45:13Z 2025-04-01T14:45:13Z

The management information to understand latest workload volumes and expenditure on Criminal legal aid reform and Trafficking and modern slavery.

/government/publications/dco-magistrates-court-fastrak-claims-form-dco1#2025-04-01T08:29:59Z 2025-04-01T08:29:59Z

Form for claiming back dismissed defendant's magistrates' court costs of £2000 or less (including counsels fees but excluding disbursements and VAT).

/government/news/escape-threshold-for-welfare-benefits-controlled-work#2025-03-31T23:00:00Z 2025-03-31T23:00:00Z

Changes are being made to the remuneration of welfare benefits controlled work to introduce an escape fee threshold

/government/statistics/a-guide-to-legal-aid-statistics-in-england-and-wales#2025-03-27T09:30:18Z 2025-03-27T09:30:18Z

These documents supplement the quarterly legal aid statistics bulletin by providing a comprehensive guide to the statistics, data and how to use them.

/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2024#2025-03-27T09:30:17Z 2025-03-27T09:30:17Z

Activity in the legal aid system for England and Wales, including criminal and civil legal aid, family mediation, providers of legal aid and central funds payments.