Publications

Circular 'LSA 12-21 - Case management - review of inactive criminal cases in LAMS' advises practitioners that the Legal Services Agency NI (the ‘Agency’) is continuing to engage in a process of reviewing and closing cases on LAMS which meet the cl

Circular 'LSA 11-21 - Changes to the Legal Aid Management System (LAMS) to ensure compliance with The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.

Circular 'LSA 10-21 - Practitioner error and fraud pilot – practitioner guidance' will be of interest to all practitioners who provide civil and criminal legal services as the Agency begin to sample cases for the pilot, commencing on Monday 18 October 2021.

Circular 'LSA 09-21 - Legal aid case contact methods' clarifies how to best use the messaging functionality on LAMS and also provides the full range of contact options available for practitioners to contact LSANI in the event of an emergency or a specific matter.

The Link Newsletter Programme Updates.

Circular 'LSA 08-21 - Case Management - Review of Inactive Cases in the Legal Aid Management System (LAMS)' reminds practitioners that the Agency will be reviewing and closing cases which meet the pre-determined closure criteria.

LSANI circular 'LSA 07-21 - High cost cases - estimated costs of any case in excess of £100,000' invites practitioners to provide estimated costs for ongoing cases that are likely to be high cost cases; that is cases which will result in costs over &pou

Circular 'LSA 06-21 - Migration of LAMS to new hosting infrastructure' provides information for practitioners on the details relating to the migration of LAMS to a new hosting infrastructure.

AccessNI Circulars 2021

Circular 'LSA 05-21 - Supplier and business reregistration for LAMS' advises suppliers of legal aid of the process required to reregister their accounts on LAMS.

Circular LSA 04-21 - Applicant fraud and error - practitioner guidance introduces new guidance for legal aid practitioners in respect of the Agency's operation processes to prevent and detect applicant fraud and error.

Newsletters 2021

LSANI circular 'LSA 03-21 - High cost cases - estimated costs of any case in excess of £100,000' invites practitioners to provide estimated costs for ongoing cases that are likely to be high cost cases; that is cases which will result in costs over &pou

Circular 'LSA 02-21 - Implementation of new functionality in LAMS' advises suppliers that the Legal Services Agency (LSA) has introduced new security auditing functionality to its case management system LAMS.

Circular 'LSA 01-21 - Introduction of a general authority pilot for the use of psychiatrists and psychologists as expert witnesses in public law Children Order cases in the Family Proceedings court' announces the introduction of a general authority for the use of psych

Circular 'LSA 21-2020 - Reviews, redeterminations and appeals to the Taxing Master regarding Crown Court legal aid costs' advises practitioners to new guidance issued in this matter.

Circular 'LSA 20-2020 - Requirements for submitting electronic Pages of Prosecution Evidence (ePPE)' draws attention to the new LSANI policy statement and the departmental guidance for ePPE.

Circular 'LSA 19-2020 - Implementation of new functionality in the Legal Aid Management System (LAMS)' advises suppliers of introduction of new functionality to the case management system LAMS.

Circular 'LSA 18-2020 - Accuracy of legal aid payments' draws attention to the guidance note on the accuracy of legal aid payments which provides details of the approach and the ongoing work being undertaken by the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland (LSANI) to

Circular 'LSA 17-2020 - Requirements for making travel claims' draws practitioners to note that the Agency has uploaded a new policy statement in respect of the requirements for making travel claims.