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Scottish Government launches legal aid resilience fund
10 February 2021
Applications are now invited for Scottish Government's coronavirus (COVID-19) resilience fund for legal aid firms and law centres, worth up to £9 million.
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Regulations amended to add Windrush Compensation and Scottish Child Payments to assessment disregard list
5 February 2021
Regulations amended to add payments to the list which can be disregarded from the assessment of an applicant's disposable income or capital
A fixed term, 12 month maternity cover contract for a Grade 6 criminal defence solicitor within our PDSO Inverness office.
Vacancies
Corporate Policy Officer (Equalities)
20 January 2021
We are recruiting a Corporate Policy Officer with experience in the equalities field to contribute to the delivery of SLAB’s Policy Development programme.
Civil
Applicant access to digital Form 2 being piloted
14 January 2021
Information on our pilot stage as we create a secure, digital Form 2 for applicants to use for Civil Financial Assessment.
Legal Aid Online
Amendments to Civ Sol online registration screen
6 January 2021
Details of some changes to the available fields when entering applicant details in the Civ Sol online form
