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Very High Costs Cases Legal Aid
Very High Costs Cases: Legal Aid Which cases are considered very high costs cases: Legal aid? A civil law case in England and Wales, which is funded by legal aid will be considered a high costs case when it is likely that the level of costs...
Legal Aid Expert Rates Guidance
Legal Aid Expert Rates Guidance The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has published guidance on the Remuneration of Expert Witnesses on Family Cases using the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 to set out codified rates for most expert types. It...
Family Law Panel Legal Aid: Uplift on Fees
Family Law Panel Legal Aid: Uplift on Fees What is the Family Law Panel (Legal Aid)? The Family Law Panel, legal aid takes into consideration legal professionals from three separate panels; the Resolution Accredited Specialist Panel, the Law...
Advocates Attendance Form: EX506 Form
Advocates Attendance Form: EX506 Form What is an Advocates Attendance Form? A Family Advocacy Scheme Advocates Attendance Form is used for the authorisation of extra payments to an advocate in some types of family law hearings. The form should be...
Planning Court Costs: Practice Direction 54D
Planning Court Costs: Practice Direction 54D What is the Planning Court? The Planning Court is a specialist Court within the Queen's Bench Division based at the Royal Courts of Justice, part of the Administrative Court. The planning Court deals mainly...
CPR 46.1- Costs of Pre-Action Disclosure Applications
CPR 46.1 - Costs of Pre-Action Disclosure Applications What is a Pre-Action Disclosure Application? A potential Claimant or Applicant may make a Pre-Action Disclosure Application to the Court under CPR 31.16, prior to issuing Court proceedings in order...