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Legal aid consultation analysis published
Responses back user centred approach but differ on change agenda
Legal aid rates should rise due to halted business: GBA
Letter calls for general increase to keep firms afloat during shutdown
Guilty pleas among further restarts in Scottish courts
Updated guidance notes published for Court of Session and sheriff court
ABWOR can cover written submissions as COVID measure
SLAB confirms permission to extend scope of regulations
SLAB extends interim payment system during COVID-19
Advice and assistance/ABWOR, fixed payments and summary claims accepted
SLAB relaxes rules to help virus-affected cases
Time limits, and levels of information, not to be strictly enforced
Budget figures show continuing legal aid freeze
Projected spending unchanged from previous two years