Publications

Circular 'LSA 19-23 - Practitioner file review' informs practitioners of the new guidance document which provides advice on how evidence can be submitted in respect of the Legal Services Agency (LSA) Practitioner File Reviews.

'LSANI guidance - practitioner file review - evidence for claims' provides advice on how evidence can be submitted in respect of the Legal Services Agency (LSA) Practitioner File Reviews.

Key messages for legal aid suppliers for November 2023.

List of specified offences consultation report summary.

This provides an update on the reporting of 2022/23 survey findings and the plan for the 2024/25 survey year.

Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme Northern Ireland.

This document contains guidance on the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022  (referred to in the guidance as the 2022 Act). The 2022 Act received Royal Assent on 27 April 2022.

‘Making the Place for Justice’ – A new strategy for Courts and Tribunals Estate

The Legal Services Agency (LSA) is pleased to advise that it will be introducing new functionality to its case management system LAMS. This functionality will be available from 30 November 2023.

Youth Justice Agency Board Minutes

The focus of this publication is on modules contained within the NISCTS relating to:

• experience of cyber crime and awareness of online/cyber crime-related issues
• perceptions of modern slavery
• perceptions of sentencing.

Perceptions of Paramilitarism in Northern Ireland: Findings from the Young Life and Times Survey 2017 to 2022

This bulletin presents data on cases relating to young people (aged between 10 and 17 years) coming into formal contact with the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland for the year 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023.

DoJ Board Register of Interests.

Perceptions of Paramilitarism in Northern Ireland: Findings from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2017 to 2022.

Prison Service Management Board Minutes for 2023

Key messages for legal aid suppliers for October 2023.

Extending the use of live links in courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland – September 2023 and beyond.

The representation lower courts applicant declaration will allow you to capture your client's signature offline and to provide them with a copy of the applicant’s notes for information.

The representation higher courts applicant declaration fwill allow you to capture your client's signature offline and to provide them with a copy of the applicant’s notes for information.