Publications

Circular LSA 03-17 - Legal aid payment processing arrangements – St Patrick’s Day & Good Friday provides details of payment processing arrangements for the Legal Services Agency for Friday 17 March and Friday 14 April 2017.

This bulletin is based on findings from the 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS). 

The Nationalities of prisoners in NI prisons at the end of 2016.

Departmental Board Minutes 2017

Schedule 3 to the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the Act”) made provision for courts to be able to impose new Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs).  Paragraph 22 of Sched

This document contains guidance on the Violent Offences Prevention Order, which has been legislated for in Part 8, sections 55 to 76 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.  The guidance is non-statutory and should not be regarded as authoritative legal advice

Circular LSA 02-17 - High cost cases - estimated costs of any case in excess of £100,000 invites declarations from practitioners of all cases which practitioners have carriage of, which could result in a final cost in excess of £100,000 whether or not the cost will

This newsletter is designed to keep Stakeholders abreast of developments right across the Youth Justice Agency.

Circular LSA 01-17 - Applying for emergency legal aid informs practitioners that at present the Agency has skeleton cover within the Adjudication Section. While this is being addressed the Agency can only consider the most urgent emergency applications.

Analysis of NIPS Population

ICT contract for server hardware maintenace.

Here you will find all correspondence relating FOI request 16-119.

This bulletin is based on findings from the 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS).  In addition to describing respondents’ perceptions of causes of crime, recent changes in crime levels and the extent of anti-social behaviour in the local area, the bulletin i

Information on Repossession Leaflets

Here you will find the latest updates on court rules.

Guidance issued by the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland (the Agency) to provide practical information on the completion and submission of an application for a Certificate of Exceptionality under The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid)

Here you can find useful forms for The Lands Tribunal. 

Circular LSA 06-16 is to advise practitioners of the content of the Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the 2016 Amendment Rules”).

Interim Orders made at Application Level 2007 - 2015

Here you can find the appeal forms for the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal.