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1. 27 May Legal Aid News [pdf, 557 KB]

   May 2016 Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month. In this issue ... Mileage rate changing to $0.72 per kilometre Increasing access to Justice Form 1a – Application for Criminal Legal Aid – Police Prosecution New caller ID function to identify calls from Legal Aid Services Queries Mileage rate changing to $0.72 per kilom...

2. High Quality Legal Aid - Summary [pdf, 549 KB]

   HIGH QUALITY LEGAL AID SERVICES Good practice themes from audits Legal Aid Provider Services manages a annual programme of quality and value audits of legal aid lawyers. In 2014-15 we completed 67 audits. The results are summarised here. Best possible outcomes for clients and other justice system users In the audit reports with excellent and very good results auditors described highly- skilled legal aid lawyers who achieve the best possible outcomes for their cli...

3. Form 2 Criminal Legal Aid [pdf, 586 KB]

   ...Total fees (excl. GST)* $ Total disbursements (excl. GST)* $ Total GST* $ *If you are not registered for GST, you will be paid the GST excl. amount Total amount (incl. GST)* $ 08/17 form 2 Criminal Legal Aid Amendment to Grant Legal aid file No. Lead provider’s matter/file No. CRNs: Use this form when the aid required exceeds guideline hours or approval of a disbursement for non fixed fee cases is required. Templ...

4. 31 August Legal Aid News [pdf, 547 KB]

   August 2016 Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month. In this issue ... Three fixed fees that may be claimed incorrectly Determining merit in Protection of Personal Property Rights Act 1988 applications Queries Three fixed fees that may be claimed incorrectly A recent internal review identified more clarity is required on the...

5. Legal aid grants December 2021 [xlsx, 85 KB]

   Contents Legal Aid grants Contents: Table 1a: Total number of legal aid grants, by legal aid type, 2012 - 2021 Table 1b: Total legal aid expenditure, by legal aid type, 2012 - 2021 Table 2a: Number of criminal legal aid grants, by region, 2012 - 2021 Table 2b: Number of family legal aid grants, by region, 2012 - 2021 Table 2c: Number of civil legal aid grants, by region, 2012 - 2021 Table 2d: Number of Waitangi Tribunal legal aid grants, by region, 2012 - 2021 Table 3a:...

6. Legal aid grants December 2020 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   Contents Legal Aid grants Contents: Table 1a: Total number of legal aid grants, by legal aid type, 2011 - 2020 Table 1b: Total legal aid expenditure, by legal aid type, 2011 - 2020 Table 2a: Number of criminal legal aid grants, by region, 2011 - 2020 Table 2b: Number of family legal aid grants, by region, 2011 - 2020 Table 2c: Number of civil legal aid grants, by region, 2011 - 2020 Table 2d: Number of Waitangi Tribunal legal aid grants, by region, 2011 - 2020 Table 3a:...

7. Legal aid civil consultation paper [pdf, 583 KB]

   Consultation Paper New fees framework for civil (ACC) legal aid providers Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document, the Ministry of Justice disclaims any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency, or...

8. High quality legal aid services [pdf, 466 KB]

   LEGAL AID PROVIDER SERVICES August 2015 1 High quality legal aid services Good practice themes from audits This paper meets our commitment to publish the overall results of audits of legal aid lawyers. The paper focuses on good practice themes identified in the 2014-15 audit reports with ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ ratings. Audits of legal aid lawyers Each year Legal Aid Provider Services manages a programme of quality and value audits of legal aid lawyers as...

9. Legal aid review of criminal legal aid fixed fees - 2013 [pdf, 627 KB]

   1 | P a g e Review of criminal legal aid fixed fees – operational policy changes The review of criminal legal aid fixed fees has already raised a number of operational policy matters, the majority of which can be addressed immediately. These are discussed below. 1. Assignment of urgent (same day) cases Private providers and the Public Defence Service (PDS) have raised the issue of how Legal Aid Services (LAS) assigns urgent (where the court requires counsel on the same day...

10. Legal aid grants June 2022 [xlsx, 84 KB]

    Contents Legal Aid grants Contents: Table 1a: Total number of legal aid grants, by legal aid type, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 1b: Total legal aid expenditure, by legal aid type, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 2a: Number of criminal legal aid grants, by region, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 2b: Number of family legal aid grants, by region, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 2c: Number of civil legal aid grants, by region, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 2d: Number of Waitangi Tribunal leg...