Publications

A targeted consultation was carried out in order to provide consultees with the opportunity to identify any issues for the Department to consider prior to issuing the Direction to the Agency.

The Department of Justice wishes to appoint independent Chairs who will be responsible for conducting and reporting on Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR’s), which are shortly to be introduced in Northern Ireland.

NIPS Population Snapshot 2020

A Self-Billing agreement template form between LSA (customer) and a practitioner (supplier).

The LSANI appeal tabing request form for suppliers to complete and email to the Agency.

Links to circulars issued by LSA relating to the introduction of LAMS.

LSANI form 'RHE 1' for use by suppliers to request an emergency grant for representation higher courts only. 

Please email the completed form to rephigheremergencies@lsani.gov.uk.

Circular 'LSA 25-19 - Representation higher - emergency pilot process' will be of interest to all suppliers as it sets out a new pilot process for matters where an application cannot be made on LAMS before the court appearance due to the exceptional urgency of the

Key messages for legal aid suppliers for December 2019.

The consultation paper sets out the current arrangements for the management of minors’ and patients’ funds by the Court Funds Office (CFO) and outlines a number of options for how those funds may be managed in the future. 

This notice explains your rights to privacy as a former prisoner.

This bulletin is based on findings from the 2018/19 Northern Ireland Safe Community Survey (NICS). 

This document provides a summary of responses to the public consultation exercise carried out between 17 April 2018 and 24 July 2018.

Circular 'LSA 24-19 - LSANI payment runs for Christmas 2019 and New Year 2020' provides details of payment processing arrangements for the Legal Services Agency (the Agency) during the 2019/2020 Christmas and New Year holiday period.

This notice draws attention to new measures on deactivated firearms which are provided for by the Firearms Regulations 2019.

Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality, and Organised Crime - the journey so far.

Northern Ireland Victim and Witness Survey Privacy Notice.

Form for attaching barristers to a Criminal legal aid case in which they have been certified and the instructing solicitor/firm has not attached them to the case in LAMS.

Form for attaching barristers to a Civil legal aid case in which they have been certified and the instructing solicitor/firm has not attached them to the case in LAMS.

The purpose of this guidance document is to clarify the type of information that can be displayed on AccessNI disclosure certificates and to assist organisations/employers to interpret the information in order they might make informed recruitment decisions.