LSANI guidance
- LSANI guidance - seeking the domestic violence waiver
- LSANI pilot - general authority for the deployment of mediators in legally aided non-family intra-litigation civil proceedings
- LSANI guidance - completion of financial eligibility in advice & assistance
- LSANI guidance - completion of financial eligibility in representation lower
- LSANI guidance - practitioner error & fraud pilot
- Frequently Asked Questions - practitioner error & fraud pilot
- Process maps - practitioner error & fraud pilot
- LSANI guidance - applicant fraud & error
- LSANI - General authority pilot for the use of psychiatrists and psychologists as expert witnesses in public law Children Order cases in the Family Proceedings court
- LSANI guidance - reviews, redeterminations and appeals to the Taxing Master for Crown court legal aid costs
- LSANI policy - requirements for submitting electronic pages of prosecution evidence (ePPE)
- LSANI guidance - accuracy of legal aid payments
- LSANI guidance note - how to address identified common errors
- LSANI guidance note - requirements for checking payment requests & supporting information
- LSANI policy - requirements for submitting travel related expense claims
- LSANI guidance - solicitor specific - making travel expense payment requests
- LSANI guidance - barrister specific - making travel expense payment requests
- LSANI - Policy for the submission of requests for payment with the statutory time limits
- LSANI - Fees adjustment and recoupments policy
- LSANI guidelines on submitting requests for civil exceptional funding
- LSANI guidance - Counsel requests for payment - Article 2 family & children order cases
- LSANI - Hardship payments policy and application forms
- LSANI guidance - Costs for excessive photocoping in the Crown court
- LSANI - Guidance note on civil taxed cases
- LSANI - Guidance note on criminal court of appeals taxed cases
- LSANI guidance note on summary only magistrates' court cases
- LSANI guidance - Appeals, reviews and redeterminations
- LSANI guidance - Tabling appeals before the appeals panel
- LSANI - General medical authority for advice and assistance cases
- 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
- LSANI 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
- SEGP guidance – 22 October 2008
DoJ guidance
- DoJ guidance - domestic abuse waiver in legal aid applications
- DoJ guidance - Submission of electronic pages of prosecution evidence (ePPE)
- DoJ guidance - Payment for excessive photocopying in the Crown court
- DoJ guidance - LSANI prospects of success and cost benefit analysis
- DoJ 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 Crown court
- DoJ direction on Children Order uplift
- DoJ guidance - Youth engagement clinics
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
Other guidance
- Lord Chancellor's guidance on SEGP
- Lord Chancellor's direction on extradition cases
- Crown court legal aid PPE guidance
- Magistrates' court - list of active offences with legislation
- Expert witness - CPS scales
Legal aid legislation
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021 - SR 2021 No. 311
- The Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - SI 2019 No. 505
- The Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 - SR 2019 No. 203
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2019 - SR 2019 No. 122
- The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 - SR 2019 No.119
- The Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 - SR 2019 No.14
- The Civil Legal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 - SR 2019 No.13
- The Civil Legal Services (Scope) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 416
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 – SR 2016 No. 398
- The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 396
- The Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 338
- The Civil Legal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 337
- The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 336
- The Civil Legal Services (Scope) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 202
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 201
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No. 200
- The Criminal Defence Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 - SR 2016 No.198
- The Access to Justice (2003 Order) (Commencement No 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No 237 (C.17)
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 215
- The Criminal Legal Aid (Disclosure of Information) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 203
- The Civil Legal Services (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 202
- The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 201
- The Civil Legal Services (Statutory Charge) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 200
- The Civil Legal Services (Cost Protection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015; SR 2015 No. 199
- The Civil Legal Services (Costs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. SR 2015 No. 198
- The Civil Legal Services (Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 197
- The Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 196
- The Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 195
- The Access to Justice (2003 Order) (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 194 (C. 13)
- The Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 - SR 2015 No. 193 (C. 12)
- The Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2014 - SR 2014 No. 178
- The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 - SR 2014 No. 64
- The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 - SR 2012 No. 391
- The Criminal Legal Aid (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012 - SR 2012 No.268
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011 - SR 2011 No. 152
- The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 - SR 2010 No. 93
- The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 - SR 2009 No. 313
- The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005 - SR 2005 No. 112
- The Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 - SI 2003 No. 435 (N.I. 10)
Department of Justice Directions 2020
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
Rescinded policies & guidance
- LSANI - Guidance note on COVID-19 Interim Payment Scheme and furloughing staff
- LSANI - COVID-19 Interim Payment Scheme
- LSANI - COVID-19 special payments policy and claim forms
- LSANI guidance note - Proposed COVID-19 interim payment scheme - requirement to attach barristers
- DoJ Direction No.2 - COVID-19 Interim Payment Scheme for legal aid suppliers