Publications

NIPS Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20

Justice Minister's letter to groups representing victims and survivors

ASG Customer Survey 2020

Nature and matters selection list for representation lower.

Circular 'LSA 19-2020 - Implementation of new functionality in the Legal Aid Management System (LAMS)' advises suppliers of introduction of new functionality to the case management system LAMS.

Freedom of Information requests 2020

Webex Virtual Hearings -  A Guide for External Participants

Summary of responses to the consultation on how personal injury discount rate on how it should be set.

NI Judicial Pension Scheme Advisory Board Minutes and Agendas 2020

This document has been produced in response to the Department’s consultation on the law in relation to child sexual exploitation (CSE) which closed on 16 April 2019.

Summary of responses and next steps for proposed amendments to section 12 and section 18 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation legislation.

Key messages for legal aid suppliers for September 2020.

The focus of this publication is on key attitudinal modules contained within the NISCS relating to:

The LSANI guidance on the accuracy of legal aid payments provides advice and guidance to the profession to support the Agency in further reducing fraud and error with the aim of removing a qualification on our accounts and improving our performance in the accuracy of payments.

Circular 'LSA 18-2020 - Accuracy of legal aid payments' draws attention to the guidance note on the accuracy of legal aid payments which provides details of the approach and the ongoing work being undertaken by the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland (LSANI) to

The LSANI guidance note on how to address identified common errors in legal aid payments points out the various ways for practitioners to assist in the reduction of fraud and error in the system and also to ensure more efficient processing.

The LSANI guidance note on the requirements for checking payment requests and supporting information points out the series of checks carried out by the Agency across both criminal and civil cases.

Sightlink A Consolidated Guide for the Public

Circular 'LSA 17-2020 - Requirements for making travel claims' draws practitioners to note that the Agency has uploaded a new policy statement in respect of the requirements for making travel claims. 

The 'LSANI policy - requirements for making travel related expense claims' replaces the requirements, as described in circular 13/19 paragraphs 11-16, for submitting travel related payment requests on LAMS and sets out the action to be taken by the Agency in relation t