Invoicing for Legal Aid

Invoicing for Legal Aid - Criminal

Guidelines for Billing for Legal Aid - Criminal

03/09/2024
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How To

General procedures to keep in mind when generating an Invoice.

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When generating an Invoice keep these things in mind:

Select the Status from the invoice. Status will need to be Final - Printed/Sent for the invoice to appear in the Legal Aid Submissions Section.
If you are using a Wordbill, select your invoice template by clicking on the Select button next to Layout.

General Procedure

As you progress through your matter, each billing stage will trigger different billing options.

Open the selected matter.
Click on the Office Accounting tab.
Select New Invoice.
Select Stage Reached, Outcome and Matter type - click OK.

A New Invoice window will open

Billing Stages

Criminal Investigations

Police Station fixed fee

The new invoice will total will match the police station fixed fee amount.
Time entered and the fees on the Matter will be shown on the invoice when calculating that total, but will have a financial entry of 0.00
Overall outcome is Police Station fixed fee + disbursements
If the profit costs on the matter exceed the police station fixed fee multiplied by 3 the matter is identified as Exceptional > you will need to complete a CRM18 form, which is found under the Word icon. This form will be submitted to the Legal Aid Agency for assessment.

Criminal Proceedings

If the matter is exceptional then your invoice will not appear in the Legal Aid Submission List.

Last Modified Date

3/09/2024 2:08 am

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Invoicing for Legal Aid - Criminal

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