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Dear Legal Aid Agency,

Under the freedom of information act, would you advise on the time scales it is required for the solicitor to advise the Legal Aid Agency of changes in funding within their contract with the Legal Aid Agency, such as the certificate now being discharged as there has been a final hearing and the case has been concluded.

Please advise the disciplinary procedure for breaching Legal Aid Agency contracts by solicitors such as but not limited to:

1) Penalties
2) Reporting procedure

Please also advise what proof you require from Solicitors that Legal Aid should be granted for family matters.

Yours faithfully,

David Darby

Information Governance (LAA),

Dear Mr. Darby,

 

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Dear Information Governance (LAA),

Many thanks for your reply.
So can you confirm that there is no set time limit for a Solicitor to notify the LAA that the funding certificate should now be distinguished as the final hearing has been heard and therefore the case is now concluded.
It is a known fact, that there are many certificates still active some 6 months after the case has closed, due to Solicitors not notifying the LAA that funding should now stop.
Can you please explain as to why this is still happening and the LAA are still funding work for Solicitors on cases that have closed.
Once there has been a final hearing, the case is closed and the funding certificate should be discharged within a set period. Clearly this is not the case it seems.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Darby

Information Governance (LAA),

 
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Information Governance (LAA),

Mr Darby

Your email below is not a request for recorded information under the FOIA. If you wish to pursue a specific query in relation to case management then I suggest that you liaise with the LAA’s Case Management Directorate. You can contact them via 0300 200 2020 or by email at [email address].

Regards

Cate

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