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CLSA Seminar Legal Aid Agency Covid 19 Financial Survey – 6 May
Wednesday 6th May at 1:00 pm via Zoom The session is for CLSA members. However, temporary free CLSA membership is currently available. Click here for details Also we appreciate this is something affecting all firms and so we have agreed to allow our friends...
Legal Aid Agency Covid 19, 19 Questions Response
A copy of the note can be found here. Several firms have contacted us in relation to requests for detailed financial information they have received from Legal Aid Agency Contract Managers. This appears to be a survey and comes in the form of an email asking 19...
LAA – Hardship payment scenarios COVID-19 transmission period
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How to join telephone and video hearings during coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
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Contract Manager Requesting Significant Financial Information
30 April 2020 Many of you will have received a letter from your contract manager requesting significant financial information. We are concerned about this request and we are discussing a proposed response. We are aware that the Law Society has also been alerted to the...
Coronavirus: Interview Protocol between NPCC, CPS, TLS, CLSA and LCCSA
24 April 2020 Coronavirus: Interview Protocol between NPCC, CPS, TLS, CLSA and LCCSA 24 April 2020 24.04.20 Joint CPS and NPCC Letter - Amended Custody Protocol Covid-19
Letter to The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
Letter to The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department from Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Home Secretary Letter to The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department from Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Home...
90 firms support the joint message from the LCCSA & CLSA
Click here to read the message Click here to read the list of firms To join the list email admin@clsa.co.uk with 'support' in the subject
Report examples of non-compliance with the joint NPCC-CLSA-LCCSA-CPS-Law Society Protocol or for bad practice
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Law Society Response to CLAR Accelerated Items Consultation_FINAL_27.03.30
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A Joint Message from the LCCSA & CLSA – update 4 April 2020
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LAA Financial Assistance guide – 2 April 2020
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Interview Protocol between NPCC, CPS, TLS, CLSA and LCCSA
2 April 2020 Click here to read the Custody Protocol and click here to read Joint CPS and NPCC letter
Updated 1 April 2020 – A Joint Message from the LCCSA Signatories
Further to the publication on 26th March 2020 of a joint Message from the LCCSA & CLSA on Police Station & Magistrates’ Court attendance, the undersigned 77 firms hereby support this Message: Click here to view
A Joint Message from the LCCSA & CLSA Police Station & Magistrates’ Court Attendance
Further to the publication on 26th March 2020 of a joint Message from the LCCSA & CLSA on Police Station & Magistrates’ Court attendance, the undersigned firms hereby support this Message: Powell Spencer & Partners Bullivant...
Latest updates from the LAA – 27 March 2020
Since my last note to you all we have continued to work to find further ways we can pivot our processes to give as much support to your members as possible. The latest updates on our GOV.UK page makes further changes to making claims where providers and...
Presiders’ Open Letter on Remote Hearings in Crown Courts in London and South East
27 March 2020 Click here to read
Changes to the way Courts and Tribunals will operate during COVID19
27 March 2020 As a result of the unprecedented challenges we are facing, we have significantly increased capacity for phone and video hearings to provide alternatives to face-to-face hearings. These will be used wherever this is suitable for the participants...
Attending Police Stations & Magistrates’ Courts – 27 March 2020
We understand our members remain concerned for their safety at police stations and courts. We have proposed a joint protocol with the LCCSA A message from the CLSA & LCCSA We understand that as the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic worsens with each...