Legal aid contracts 2010: the contract terms

In this video Richard Miller, head of legal aid at the Law Society, discusses the terms of the civil legal aid contracts for 2010 and how they differ from the current contracts.
Download the presentation slides (PDF, 119kb)
Download the presentation notes (PDF, 82kb)

The Law Society has produced an additional video that focuses on the Legal Services Commission's (LSC) procurement planning and tendering process for allocation of civil legal aid contracts for 2010.
See the tendering process video

Additional resources

The Law Society has produced a practice note (including a glossary of terms) to assist civil legal aid lawyers with the bid round for the 2010 contracts.
Read the civil legal aid practice note

The Law Society also provides advice for solicitors on data protection and information security.
Read the data protection practice note
Read the information security practice note

Th LSC Family Legal Aid Funding consultation response provides more information and background to the new family fees structure.
Read the consultation response (PDF)

More details about information security and data protection can be found on the Information Commissioner's (ICO) website.
Visit the ICO website