{"id":56399,"date":"2015-04-16T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f8e22103fb8c4fec78c47f30b78075f3"},"modified":"2015-04-16T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:11:33","slug":"news-story-crime-news-track-legal-aid-applications-with-the-crm14-eform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=56399","title":{"rendered":"News story: Crime news: track legal aid applications with the CRM14 eForm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The ideal way to track the progress of your criminal legal aid application is by using the CRM14 eForm.<\/p>\n<p>Providers submitting applications with the eForm should already be familiar with the tracking facility. <\/p>\n<p>This allows you to monitor the progress of your application when making a submission through the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) Online Portal \u2013 link below.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim is to process the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>majority of applications within 2 working days after the date of receipt<\/li>\n<li>all applications within 6 working days after the date of receipt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"postal-applications\">Postal applications<\/h3>\n<p>You should allow 7 working days from posting your criminal legal aid application for us to notify you of the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Postal applications take a little longer because you need to allow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>up to 2 working days for your applications to reach us<\/li>\n<li>another 2 working days after a successful assessment for your representation order to reach you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are concerned about the time your application is taking it is important to take this into account before contacting our regional criminal application team. <\/p>\n<p>If you are having technical problems you should use the specialist helpline \u2013 see below.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"urgent-applications\">Urgent applications<\/h3>\n<p>If you are unable to act for a client unless the outcome of legal aid is known, you should make an application to the Bench.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the court will escalate the case to the LAA and it will be dealt with as a priority.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/legal-aid-eforms\">Legal aid: eForms<\/a> \u2013 to download quick guides on \u2018Tracking eForms\u2019 and \u2018Using tabs\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Technical support:<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: 0203 334 6664 \u2013 for technical problems working in the LAA portal<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/lsconlinesso.legalservices.gov.uk\/\">LAA online<\/a> \u2013 to access the portal<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/crime-news-emailing-interests-of-justice-appeals\">Interests of Justice appeals<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"criminal-application-teams-cats\">Criminal application teams (CATs):<\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"birmingham-cat\">Birmingham CAT<\/h4>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:BirminghamCAT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">BirminghamCAT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Telephone: 0121 232 5500<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"liverpool-cat\">Liverpool CAT<\/h4>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:LiverpoolCAT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">LiverpoolCAT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Telephone: 0151 235 6750<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"nottingham-cat\">Nottingham CAT<\/h4>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:NottinghamCAT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">NottinghamCAT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Telephone: 0115 852 6000<\/p>\n<p>Interests of Justice appeals: <a href=\"mailto:iojappeals@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">iojappeals@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Emails responded to within 5 working days. Helpline hours are 8.30am to 5pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our eForm allows you to check the status of your application.<\/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\/56399"}],"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=56399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}