Publications

NI Prison Service Background Quality Report.

This provides an update on the reporting of 2021/22 survey findings and the plan for the 2023/24 survey year.

Summary of Responses: Consultation on coronial investigations into deaths abroad.

The Government Protocol which governs the use of restorative approaches in the justice system has been in operation since 2007.  Following an independent review commissioned by the Minister of Justice last year, the review report and new draft Protocol has been published

Mortgages Actions for Possession Bulletin Background Quality Report

Judicial Statistics Background Quality Report

NICTS Quarterly Statistics Background Quality Report

The Youth Justice Agency has an easy to understand and responsive complaints procedure which encourages anyone who feels they have been treated unfairly or inappropriately by the Agency to speak out so that their concerns can be addressed.

Competition for PCNI Psychiatrist Commissioner

Here is the updated Protocol which has now been extended to include Northern Ireland.

Circular 'LSA 03-23 - High Cost Cases - Estimated Costs of any case in excess of £100,000' refers to LSA Circular 08-22 which invited practitioners to provide estimated costs for ongoing cases that are likely to be High Cost Cases and seeks reports on a

DoJ Statistics and Research Branch Publication Survey 2022.

Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Quarterly Business Data User Guide.

Equality Screening Forms 2022-23

The 'LSANI guidance on practitioner file reviews' details the Legal Services Agency’s approach to measuring practitioner error and fraud as part of its strategy to estimate and address the level of loss that fraud and error costs the Agency each year.

A search certificate relating to a Article 22 Possession of Land (22PL) case

Circular 'LSA 02-23 - Practitioner Error and Fraud File Reviews' will be of interest to all practitioners who provide civil and criminal legal services as the Legal Services Agency begin to sample cases for the live scheme, commencing January 2023.

Circular 'LSA 01-23 - Implementation of new financial eligibility functionality in the legal aid management system' advises practitioners of the introduction of new functionality to LAMS.

Here you will find annual reports provided by the Independent Monitor.

Key messages for legal aid suppliers for December 2022.