Legal Aid Criminal Crown Court - Creating a New Matter in LEAP Web

How To

To create a new Crown Court legal aid matter, complete the following steps.

Select Criminal Crown Court from the list of matter types and enter your matter Description, and click NEXT

Once the client details have been entered, they will then be available for all future matters

Click on the Matter Details > Accounting, and enable the Legal Aid checkbox, then click Save.

On AGFS matters the Rep Order Date will determine the rate scheme applied to the matter for time recording and billing purposes

You will now need to input the specific legal aid information. Do this from the Details & Correspondence tab, click on the Legal Aid Matter Details button on the Actions menu, and enter the relevant information.

Field	Description
Branch	If your firm has multiple branches, select the branch that will be responsible for this matter
Rate	Define if the claims will be costed at London or National hourly rates and fixed fee.
Litigators Name	The fee earner with responsibility for the matter
Offence	Description in relation to the offence that your client is being questioned over
Rep Order Date	The date on the representation order that authorises you to undertake work for your client on this matter. **Please enter this information within the defendant's details.
Court	The court where attendance will/or has taken place
Case No.	The court case number
Court (Transfer)	The original court if matter has been transferred

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31/01/2020 7:23 am

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