{"id":46395,"date":"2014-08-14T11:31:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=44d10cfe1164fc6249ef1c710a556b96"},"modified":"2014-08-14T11:31:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:31:19","slug":"news-story-civil-news-guidance-for-legal-help-escape-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=46395","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: guidance for legal help escape cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A new <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/downloads\/legal-aid\/funding-code\/escape-cases-electronic-handbook.pdf\">\u2018Escape Cases Electronic Handbook\u2019<\/a> is available providing useful guidance for legal help and controlled legal representation matters escape cases in these categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>civil<\/li>\n<li>mental health<\/li>\n<li>immigration and asylum matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with the \u2018Civil Finance Electronic Handbook\u2019, which we made available in August 2013, this is the same information available to our caseworkers.<\/p>\n<p>Although both documents are designed for caseworkers, they include caseworker queries and clarifications on specific issues that you may find useful.<\/p>\n<p>Making this information available is something providers have been asking for.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"using-our-handbooks\">Using our handbooks<\/h3>\n<p>Both handbooks should be used with the contract specification and other guidance, such as the costs assessment guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The handbooks are available online and will be updated regularly to reflect current processes.<\/p>\n<p>Updates will be recorded at the beginning of the handbooks and we will highlight major changes in Legal Aid Bulletin.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/legal-aid\/funding\">Funding and costs assessment<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/downloads\/legal-aid\/funding-code\/electronic-handbook.pdf\">Electronic handbook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/forms\/legal-aid-agency\/civil-forms\/controlled-work-claims\">Civil forms: controlled work claims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/legal-aid\/contracts-and-tenders\">Contracts and tenders<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New handbook for legal help and controlled legal representation escape cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}