{"id":91200,"date":"2018-04-19T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T11:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=541fa38a1687b51eef7b4eb0cf237f86"},"modified":"2018-04-19T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T11:13:38","slug":"news-story-civil-news-guidance-updates-for-escape-cases-and-civil-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=91200","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: guidance updates for escape cases and civil finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>We have updated the guidance handbooks for civil finance and escape cases.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"civil-finance-handbook-changes\">Civil finance handbook changes<\/h3>\n<p>One of the main changes is the update to the guidance on whether a claim should be rejected, assessed or \u2018document requested\u2019. This change was dealt with recently in a GOV.UK news article on 22 March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>We have also updated the rates section to provide additional clarity on the rates payable in family cases.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"escape-cases-handbook-changes\">Escape cases handbook changes<\/h3>\n<p>The main changes relate to additional guidance on rates in housing cases, means assessment and guidance for asylum work.<\/p>\n<p>We have also added in a template for use where there has been third party support.<\/p>\n<p>The VAT section in both handbooks has been updated.<\/p>\n<p>Full details of the changes for civil cases and escape cases can be found at the front of the handbooks.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-use-the-handbooks\">How to use the handbooks<\/h3>\n<p>The electronic handbooks for both civil finance and escape cases contain our operational requirements and guidance.<\/p>\n<p>They should be used together with the cost assessment guidance and also the relevant contracts.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/funding-and-costs-assessment-for-civil-and-crime-matters\">Funding and costs assessment for civil and crime matters<\/a> \u2013 to download the \u2018electronic handbook\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/submit-an-escape-fee-case-claim\">Submit a claim for payment<\/a> \u2013 to download \u2018Guidance for escape case claims\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/civil-news-improvements-to-reject-process-to-speed-up-payments\">Improvements to reject process to speed up payments<\/a> \u2013 GOV.UK news story on 22 March 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes have been made to the civil finance and escape cases handbooks to reflect current guidance.<\/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\/91200"}],"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=91200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}