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Cuts to Standard Monthly Payments – guidance to firms30 Sep 2020
Exceptional Case Funding – guidance for solicitors12 Aug 2020
Guidance for legal aid providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic12 Aug 2020
Tendering for legal aid contracts12 Aug 2020

LASPO 4 years on: Law Society review18 Aug 2020

Legal aid means test review restarted

The MoJ has restarted its work on the review of the legal aid means test and will consult on the proposals to change the means test in spring 2021.

19 Oct 2020

Coronavirus
Consultation response

Submission to the 2020 comprehensive spending review

This submission sets out our key recommendations to the Treasury for the 2020 comprehensive spending review.

24 Sep 2020

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Legal aid
Press release

Solicitors’ leaders launch legal action against the Legal Aid Agency

Solicitors’ leaders have lodged a judicial review against the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) after they failed to consult properly around a decision to move legal aid cost assessments in-house.

03 Sep 2020