Resource Type: Legal Aid

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Working Group on Legal Aid

Key document | Legal Aid

Updates to the Civil Electronic Handbooks (16 March 2026)

Please see the below updated versions of the Civil Finance Electronic Handbook and Escape Case Electronic Handbook, received from the Legal Aid Agency on 16 March 2026.
Briefing | Removals, Detention and Offences

ILPA Briefing Re: Sentencing Act 2026

ILPA has prepared the below short briefing covering two elements of the Sentencing Act 2026: the definition of a foreign national offender and the early removal of foreign prisoners. Neither […]
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Legal Aid Agency cyber security incident (6 January 2026). 

Contingency Monthly Contract Submission updated
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Legal Aid Agency payments to providers (5 January 2026). 

Monthly payment dates 2026.
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Legal aid guidance (23 December 2025). 

Additional updated guidance document.
Key document | Legal Aid

Legal Aid Agency Update Re: Systems Restoration (19 November 2025)

Please see the below update received from the Legal Aid Agency on 19 November 2025, confirming restoration plans for Civil Apply and CCMS, together with further information on case re-assignment, […]
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Submit a Bulk Claim (SaBC) (7 November 2025). 

Updated Submit a Bulk Claim FAQs.
Minutes | Legal Aid

Summary of ILPA Legal Aid Working Group Meeting (5 November 2025)
Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Submit a Bulk Claim (SaBC) (17/21 October 2025).

Replacement of CWA monthly submissions system – Contingency claims has been updated. Submit a Bulk Claim (SaBC) FAQs have also been updated; subsequently updated again.