{"id":85480,"date":"2017-10-18T13:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a56fe388a7030562a14360a90412f962"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:59:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:59:06","slug":"news-story-crime-news-31-october-deadline-for-defence-work-online-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85480","title":{"rendered":"News story: Crime news: 31 October deadline for defence work online billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Claim for Crown Court Defence (CCD) system is mandatory from 31 October 2017 for claims under the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocates\u2019 Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS)<\/li>\n<li>Litigators\u2019 Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This means you will no longer be able to submit paper forms for your work.<\/p>\n<p>More than 68% of bills are already submitted online instead of using the paper alternative. This breaks down into 74% for AGFS and 63% for LGFS.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-sign-up\">How to sign up<\/h3>\n<p>Signing up to use the new system is very quick and easy. Benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>immediate bill submission avoids postal delays<\/li>\n<li>reduced postage and printing costs<\/li>\n<li>online messaging and instant notifications from the processing teams<\/li>\n<li>online evidence submission<\/li>\n<li>no need for a \u2018wet\u2019 signature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"last-paper-applications\">Last paper applications<\/h3>\n<p>Any AGFS or LGFS bill will be accepted on paper providing it is received by the Legal Aid Agency on or before 31 October 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Consideration will be given to accepting AGFS and LGFS paper bills on a case by case basis for two months up until 31 December2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-support-is-available\">What support is available?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>quick user guide<\/li>\n<li>online WebEx training sessions are being held in the lead up to 31 October 2017<\/li>\n<li>\u2018frequently asked questions\u2019 document<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See \u2018further information\u2019 below to access these resources along with a booking link for training and details on how to sign up to the system.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/simplifying-criminal-legal-aid-processing\">Legal aid: criminal legal aid processing<\/a> \u2013 quick user guide, frequently asked questions and how to sign up<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/legal-aid-agency-claim-for-crown-court-defence-online-training-tickets-33241785074\">WebEx training sessions<\/a> \u2013 Eventbrite booking link<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reminder that Crown Court Defence online billing is mandatory for AGFS and LGFS work after 31 October 2017.<\/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\/85480"}],"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=85480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}