Guidance
- LSANI - General authority for medical fees in civil cases
- LSANI - General authority for consulting engineers' reports and witness fees in civil cases
- LSANI guidance - Notes on completing financial eligibility on LAMS in representation higher cases
- LSANI guidance - Civil Representation
- LSANI guidance - Authorisation of counsel in civil cases
- LSANI guidance - Exceptional Funding
- Letter from LSA to Law Society - Decision making guidance for civil representation
- DoJ guidance - LSANI prospects of success and cost benefit analysis
- LSANI guidelines and operating instructions for the appointment of interpreters and translators
- LSANI guidance - Remuneration for exceptional preparation work in the Magistrates’ courts and appeals to the County court
- DoJ guidance – Remuneration for exceptional preparation work in the Magistrates’ courts and appeals to the County court
- LSANI guidance – Remuneration for exceptional preparation work in the Crown court
- DoJ direction on Children Order uplift
- DoJ guidance - Crown court exceptionality
- DoJ guidance - Youth engagement clinics
- SEGP guidance – 22 October 2008
- Lord Chancellor's guidance on SEGP
- Lord Chancellor's direction on extradition cases
- Lord Chancellor's Authorisation 1 - European Union Directive 2002/8/EC
- Crown court legal aid PPE guidance
- LSANI - Special payments policy
Legal aid legislation
- The Civil Legal Services (Scope) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 202
- The Civil Legal Services (Scope) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 416
- The Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 338
- The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 396
- The Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014
- The Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 193 (C. 12)
- The Access to Justice (2003 Order) (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 194 (C. 13)
- The Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 195
- The Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 196
- The Civil Legal Services (Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 197
- The Civil Legal Services (Costs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. SR 2015 No. 198
- The Civil Legal Services (Cost Protection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015; SR 2015 No. 199
- The Civil Legal Services (Statutory Charge) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 200
- The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 201
- The Civil Legal Services (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 202
- The Criminal Legal Aid (Disclosure of Information) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 203
- The Access to Justice (2003 Order) (Commencement No 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No 237 (C.17)
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 - SR 2009 No. 313
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2014 - SR 2014 No. 178
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 – SR 2016 No. 398
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005 - SR 2005 No. 112
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011 - SR 2011 No. 152
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 215
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 200
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 201
- The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 - SR 2010 No. 93
- The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 - SR 2012 No. 391
- The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 - SR 2014 No. 64
- The Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 - SI 2003 No. 435 (N.I. 10)
Department of Justice Directions 2019
Department of Justice Directions 2018
- Direction No. 1 - Remuneration arrangements for the pilot Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP)
- Direction No. 2 - Remuneration arrangements for the pilot Substance Misuse Court Programme (SMCP)
Department of Justice Directions 2017
- Direction No.1 - Interim Payments in cases funded under Article 10A
- Direction No. 2 - Interim Payments in cases funded under Article 12A of the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
- Direction No. 3 - Interim Payments in criminal cases in the Crown court
- Direction No. 4 - - Interim Payments in criminal cases in the Magistrates’ courts and County courts
Department of Justice authorisations
- DoJ authorisation - Omagh civil action – 24 October 2012
- DoJ authorisation - Omagh civil action – 06 February 2014
- DoJ authorisation 9 - Terrorism prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011
- DoJ authorisation 11 – Proceedings before the care tribunal
- DoJ authorisation 12 – Authority for the revocation of authorisations 7, 8 and 11
- DoJ authorisation 13 - Hague Convention 2007
- DoJ authorisation 14 - Exceptional legal aid and delegation of decision-making
Statutory Charge guidance
- Statutory Charge - Important notes for practitioners
- LAMS - Supporting documents for Statutory Charge
- Guidance for legal representatives on the partial restatement - 31 March 2010
- Guide to Statutory Charge – December 2010
- Guide to Statutory Charge – December 2012
- Paying for your legal aid - The Statutory Charge