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  • LSANI - Operational performance for May 2024

    Topics:
    • Legal aid, 
    • Useful information for legal aid suppliers

    Charts and graphs showing the performance in LAMS for the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland for the month of May 2024.

    To see an image please click on the one you wish to view or alternatively, click on any image and use the on screen arrows to navigate through the images.

    For more information on performance please view the LSANI KPIs for May 2024.

    LSANI graph – LAMS applications received, completed, withdrawn and awaiting determination – May 2020 to May 2024
    NOTES: Civil Applications are adjudicated by LSANI and the number awaiting determination at each month end is an accumulation of those received in preceding months along with the latest month.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS civil applications received by type - April 2020 to May 2024
    NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS civil applications completed by type - April 2020 to May 2024
    NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS criminal applications received and completed by court tier - April 2020 to May 2024
    NOTE: Criminal legal aid is granted by NICtS and cases are retrospectively transferred to LAMS. For the purposes of the dashboard, criminal applications are automatically considered as completed upon receipt by LSANI.
    LSANI graph – LAMS rep higher emergency applications received and completed - May 2023 to May 2024
    NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS exceptional preparation requests received and completed by court tier including values claimed vs values assessed - June 2023 to May 2024
    NOTES: Figures are based on the month in which requests were completed and do not necessarily reflect the month they were received. Not all requests submitted in a particular month will be completed within that same month.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS rep higher appeal requests received and completed - June 2023 to May 2024
    NOTE: Figures reflect the number of cases completed on LAMS before the respective month end. Additional panels may have been scheduled and heard before month end, but not recorded on LAMS until the beginning of the succeeding month.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS payment volumes - June 2022 to May 2024
    NOTES: Since April 2023,figures for total volume include total amount authorised and rejected at each month-end. Payment requests received in January 2023 exclude one single request that was subsequently withdrawn due to an erroneously large claim.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS payment values - June 2022 to May 2024
    NOTES: Since April 2023, figures for Authorised value of payments include the total amount authorised and rejected at each month-end position. Values of both ‘received’ and ‘unassessed’ payment requests for June and July 2022 were revised in August 2022.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS civil payment request volumes received by type - April 2020 to May 2024
    NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS payment request volumes received by court tier - April 2020 to May 2024
    NOTE: A breakdown of Criminal payments received, by court tier, was not produced prior to September 2020 and therefore is not presented above.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS payment request volumes completed by type- April 2020 to May 2024
    NOTE: All figures reflect respective month-end positions and have not been retrospectively revised to incorporate any subsequent changes or adjustments made in succeeding months.
    LSANI graphs – LAMS volume of payment requests awaiting assessment – April & May 2024
    NOTES: Figures exclude payment requests that cannot currently be assessed by LSANI (100 in April; 99 in May). This includes payment requests submitted previously by suppliers who have not yet registered on LAMS.
    LSANI table – LAMS adjudications current processing dates as at 30 April 2024 & 31 May 2024
    Adjudications current processing dates as at 30 April 2024 & 31 May 2024
    LSANI table – LAMS payments current processing dates as at 30 April 2024 & 31 May 2024
    NOTE: CR assessments do not result in an immediate payment.
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