Legal Aid Provider Contract and Practice Standards - renewal and refresh

Overview

Legal Aid Services consulted on proposed changes to the Contract for Services and to the Practice Standards for legal aid providers. The current contract expires on 30 November 2016 and we've taken the opportunity to improve the document. We asked for legal aid lawyers' views on proposals that are presented in the discussion document below. The new contract looks different, but nothing of substance has changed. Importantly, there are no substantive new obligations on providers.

Full consultation document

• Consultation document (PDF, 1.97MB)

Consultation document sections

• Consultation document main section (PDF, 440KB)
• Appendix 1 Current contract (PDF, 679KB)
• Appendix 2 Proposed contract (PDF, 690KB)
• Appendix 3 Summary of changes to contract (PDF, 501KB)
• Appendix 4 Proposed standards (PDF, 528KB)

Providing your feedback

This consultation closed 5.00pm Monday 25 July. We are no longer accepting submissions.