{"id":80904,"date":"2017-04-20T12:55:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=18bb78d80aa0c16d90786c9af2e48f4a"},"modified":"2017-04-20T12:55:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:55:58","slug":"news-story-civil-news-faster-payment-claims-and-documentary-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80904","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: faster payment claims and documentary evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Remember to upload all of the documentary evidence requested by the Client and Cost management System (CCMS) when you make your claim.<\/p>\n<p>The requirements for this documentation are uniform across both CCMS and the old paper-based claiming system.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"common-issues--documents\">Common issues \u2013 documents<\/h3>\n<p>1.Court orders needing to be uploaded: 20% of all secondary requests are because the LAA requires a court order to confirm the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Where advocacy is claimed under the Family Advocacy Scheme (FAS), court orders for advocacy should be uploaded to CCMS for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>contested interim hearing with a court bundle<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Issues Resolution Hearing\u2019 that concludes proceedings<\/li>\n<li>3 or more advocates\u2019 meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Court orders for disbursements should also be uploaded for any claim for drug testing or where there is an unusual division of a disbursement between the parties.<\/p>\n<p>2.Incomplete or missing advocates\u2019 attendance forms: the requirements for a completed FAS form for advocacy have not changed where there is a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\u2018Hearing Unit 2\u2019 or higher \u2013 i.e. the hearing time is greater than 61 minutes or is a final hearing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>claim for any bolt-on or bundle<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.Incomplete or missing disbursement vouchers: any disbursement more than \u00a320 (including VAT) still requires a completed and broken down disbursement voucher.<\/p>\n<p>Where a voucher is not available, such as for court fees, a ledger is an acceptable alternative.<\/p>\n<p>4.Incomplete or missing billing details: when claiming at hourly rates, any work entered as \u2018other\u2019 should be provided with an explanatory note uploaded to CCMS explaining the  work.<\/p>\n<p>5.Missing case narratives: all cases must still be accompanied with a case narrative. This can also be used to explain any unusual claim being made \u2013 such as travel under the \u2018local travel\u2019 rules.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"other-common-claim-issues\">Other common claim issues<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Counsel costs under FAS: if counsel is claiming under the FAS make sure that the costs claimed by counsel match the allocated cost limit.<\/li>\n<li>Counsel costs at hourly rates: if counsel is claiming by way of hourly rates, make sure their bill is submitted at the same time as yours.<\/li>\n<li>Expert\u2019s breakdown: make sure expert claims contain sufficient detail of the work carried out.<\/li>\n<li>Incomplete financial issues: any statutory charge or \u2018inter-party\u2019 cost issues should be closed using the \u2018case outcome\u2019 task.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Further information<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/ccmstraining.justice.gov.uk\/Quick-guides\">CCMS training Quick Guides<\/a> \u2013 for guidance on submitting bills in CCMS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/civ-claim1-civil-claim-form-not-fixed-fee\">CIV Claim1<\/a> \u2013 documentary evidence checklists<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/civ-claim1a-fixed-fee-public-and-private-law-schemes\">CIV CLAIM1A<\/a> \u2013 more useful documentary evidence checklists<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online claims in the Client and Cost Management System are more likely to be processed first time if the correct documents are attached.<\/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\/80904"}],"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=80904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}