Policy
30 May, 2008
Revised fees and rates payable to providers under the civil legal aid fixed fee schemes
New regulations
New regulations have been issued in relation to the fees and rates payable to solicitors and Not for Profit organisations who provide civil legal aid services.
Following the agreement reached last month between the Law Society, the Legal Services Commission and the Ministry of Justice on the unified contract, the new regulations - the Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008 (SI.No.1328/2008) - provide for revised fees and rates to be payable to providers under the civil legal aid fixed fee schemes for matters begun on or after 1 July 2008.
SI.No.1328/2008 is available here.
See also the related rightsnet policy news stories -
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- Law Society issues response to LSC's intention to terminate Unified Contract: Civil fixed fee schemes not valid (7 January, 2008)
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- Unified Contract judgement - implications for providers: LSC must rescind October 2007 amendments (5 December, 2007)
- Judgement on the Law Society's challenge of the LSC's unified contract announced: Law Society wins appeal over LSC's right to unilaterally amend the contract (29 November, 2007)
- Law Society and LSC secure expedited Court of Appeal hearing : Following judgement in July on unified contract (12 October, 2007)
- LSC criminal contract changes delayed until January 2008: But civil fixed fees go ahead as planned (3 October, 2007)
- LSC announces appeal against the unified contract judicial review judgement: Decision to be challenged on their ability to amend 'technical specifications' (7 September, 2007)
- LSC 'confirm' their position on the unified contract: No plans to amend provisions in the short term (2 August, 2007)
- High Court upholds Law Society's objections to the unified contract: 'Judgement underlines the shortcomings of the LSC approach' to legal aid reform (30 July, 2007)
- LSC publishes draft Unified Contract Specification : Reforms to be implemented from October 2007 (18 July, 2007)
- Government faces double challenge over legal aid reforms: Law Society, CRE and ethnic minority law firms go to the high court (9 July, 2007)
- Law Society issues judicial review proceedings: LSC's right to unilaterally amend the unified contract to be challenged (27 April, 2007)
- Law Society threaten judicial review on unified contract: Legal Services Commission urged to delay contract implementation (27 March, 2007)
