In our series of legal aid billing seminars, you’ll learn how the billing process works and hear from expert speakers on how to get it right first time.
Hear from expert representatives from the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), and specialist publicly funded chambers to provide top tips for making the system work for you.
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About the seminar series
Due to high demand, our popular legal aid billing seminars are back. See our Civil (family) legal aid billing seminar and our Civil (non-family) legal aid billing seminar.
In these sessions you’ll discover how to:
- Get it right first time and reduce the risk of your fees being rejected
- Understand legal aid processes
- Resolve common legal aid challenges
- Receive training, find guidance and get support for the LAA platform
Although the legal aid systems are currently unavailable due to the cyber incident, we’ll be running our series of seminars later this year to talk you through the claims process and make sure you’re billing for all the fees you’re entitled to.
What was discussed
- Crown Court defence fees: how to claim all you're entitled to, including fees from the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review
- Crown Court prosecution fees:
- Tricky points of fee billing under the current scheme
- Look ahead to any fee scheme changes following the outcome of the spending review
- Challenges with Common Platform:
- Counsel attendance not being recorded on the court log
- Missing hearing records
- Discussion around how barristers/clerks can work with the LAA to minimise these issues
- Latest developments
Speakers
- Chair: Adrian Vincent: Head of Policy: Legal Practice & Remuneration, the Bar Council
- Stephen Kelly: Advocate Graduated Fee Scheme Technical Lead, Legal Aid Agency
- Tom Little KC: First Senior Treasury Counsel and Vice Chair of our Remuneration Committee
- Sarah Reynolds: Senior Practice Manager, Doughty Street Chambers, and on the Management Committee of the Institute of Barristers Clerks