News and updates

New Terms and Conditions

The new terms and conditions for Legal Aid Online will be launched on 8 March 2017. Please see our update for details.

Online Accounts Redevelopment

Please read our FAQ’s regarding online accounts and the new paper process for eligible accounts.

We previously notified you that from the 1 April we would no longer automatically issue an account synopsis for certain account types and that it was our intention to switch of the facility to print a paper synopsis. With effect from 21 June 2016 you will no longer receive or be able to print a paper synopsis for the following account types:

   > All A&A and time and line ABWOR accounts covering Children's and Criminal advice.
   > Civil A&A and Civil ABWOR accounts where the case did not proceed to a full grant of legal aid.
   > Solemn Criminal accounts
   > Summary Criminal time & line

We will continue to register paper accounts we receive from today until Friday 8 July 2016. Paper accounts received after this time will be returned unregistered. Please see our updates page for details.

To get started using the new accounts screens please view the training materials. Please open this page and bookmark it so that you are able to access it easily whenever necessary.

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