Understanding Legal Aid

Course review:

The aim of the course is to enable delegates to have a clearer understanding of:

• the distinction between controlled work and licensed work
• which cases risk rates or non standard rates of controlled work
• applicability of new costs regime from October 2011
• scope for increasing uplift on controlled work
• common costs compliance issues

• the scope of funding certificates and requirements for extensions and pitfalls
• costs consequences of Bahta
• maximising costs on inter partes basis
• common costs issues on assessment

• wasted costs regime

Although primarily designed for solicitors, various aspects will be applicable to barristers, particularly as to maximising costs either on controlled work or under funding certificates.