Civil Advice and Assistance
Reforms to civil advice and assistance are effective from Tuesday 1 May 2007. The Scottish Legal Aid Board has been issuing updates to solicitors about the changes which will see:
- Two new types of advice being introduced: standard and diagnostic.
- New application and increase forms coming into use.
- New levels of initial authorised expenditure.
- Removal of the minimum fee from all civil cases granted on or after 1st May 2007.
For more details please visit the SLAB website. If you have any comments to make about the reforms, please email us.
