Duty solicitors: rotas, information and guidance

Duty Solicitor Rotas 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022 - First publication

First publication rotas are only published on this website and on the Google Drive and will not be emailed out.

For further rota versions, providers will be made aware of changes and will then be directed to the Google Drive to see a new version of the rota. The PDF versions below will not be updated.

Please find below the 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022 Duty Solicitor Rotas. All rotas are subject to changes at any time during the rota period as further adjustments may be required.

If you have any queries about the rotas please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate the issues. Queries should be sent by email only. Please be patient as we are unlikely to be able to respond immediately.

Duty Solicitor Rotas starting 1st April 2022

Please find below the link to the rotas on the Google Drive, a guide about the Google Drive and copies of the rotas in PDF format.

Rotas on Google Drive

A guide to accessing rotas via Google Drive (PDF, 572 KB, 10 pages)

A - B April 22 (PDF, 8.67 MB, 324 pages)

C - E April 22 (PDF, 7.68 MB)

F - L April 22 (PDF, 5.45 MB)

M - R April 22 (PDF, 8.92 MB, 287 pages)

S - W April 22 (PDF, 10.6 MB)

Duty solicitor members lists 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022

The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.

Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the April 22 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Thursday 20 January 2022.

Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification.

We expect to publish the new rotas in early March 2022

Scheme Members List April 2022 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 594 KB) Please note this members list has been produced following the recent CRM12 application process. Updated scheme members lists will appear on the 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 rotas.

Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.

Application information

Duty solicitor rotas: 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022

The CRM12 application deadline for these rotas is 23:59 Monday 10 January 2022

Please send a CRM12 application by email no later than 23:59 on Monday 10 January 2022 to crm12@justice.gov.uk

We will not accept late applications.

Please go to CRM12: duty solicitor application when moving firm – to download a CRM12 in excel format. Please send completed applications to the above email address in excel format.

We need to receive CRM12 applications from organisations who wish to make amendments to their membership for the April 2022 rotas. We do not need CRM12 applications if there are no changes to be made.

You will need to complete and send us a CRM 12 application for new duty solicitors or duty solicitors who will be engaged by your firm by the start date of the new rotas or where applicable - duty solicitors who have moved office/scheme within your firm by the start date of the new rotas. The CRM12 form can also include details of any duty solicitors who are to be removed from the membership for your firm. We can also be informed of removals by email.

On the CRM12 form please make sure that the correct date is supplied for when the duty solicitor joins the new office/schemes where indicated under the column heading ‘Date duty solicitor joined or is to join this office/scheme/s’. The DSCC will use this date to move a duty solicitor from the old to the new firm and/or old office to new office within the same firm. LAA and DSCC will not be held responsible if duty calls are missed or sent to the wrong place due to an incorrect date being entered on the form.

If this is a first CRM 12 Application, it must be supported by a Criminal Litigation Accreditation Scheme Certificate (CLAS) which has been issued by The Law Society.

Please email us at crm12@justice.gov.uk before Monday 10 January 2022 if a duty solicitor gives notice of leaving or ceases to be actively engaged by your organisation, or if any of your duty solicitors are under investigation for, or have been charged with a criminal offence. Duty solicitors are not eligible to be on the new rotas if they are not actively engaged by your organisation on the start date of the new rotas.

We expect to publish new member’s lists (not rotas) on our website by Friday 14 January 2022 to allow firms to check that their Duty Solicitors are recorded correctly. We ask that feedback is provided by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists will be Thursday 20 January 2022.

Duty Solicitor Rotas 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022 - First publication

First publication rotas are only published on this website and on the Google Drive and will not be emailed out.

For further rota versions, providers will be made aware of changes and will then be directed to the Google Drive to see a new version of the rota. The PDF versions below will not be updated.

Please find below the 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022 Duty Solicitor Rotas. All rotas are subject to changes at any time during the rota period as further adjustments are likely to be required.

If you have any queries about the rotas please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate the issues. Queries should be sent by email only. Please be patient as we are unlikely to be able to respond immediately.

Duty Solicitor Rotas starting October 2021

Please find below the link to the rotas on the Google Drive, a guide about the Google Drive and copies of the rotas in PDF format.

Rotas on Google Drive

A guide to accessing rotas via Google Drive (PDF, 572 KB, 10 pages)

Rotas A to B Oct 21 (PDF, 5.38 MB)

Rotas C to E Oct 21 (PDF, 5.62 MB)

Rotas F to L Oct 21 (PDF, 4.57 MB)

Rotas M to R Oct 21 (PDF, 5.07 MB)

Rotas S to W Oct 21 (PDF, 6.29 MB)

Duty solicitor members lists 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022

The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.

Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the October 2021 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Thursday 22 July 2021.

Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification.

We expect to publish the new rotas in early September 2021

Duty Solicitor Scheme Members List (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 313 KB) Please note this members list is produced following the CRM12 application process. Updated scheme members lists will appear on the 1 October 21 to 31 March 22 rotas.

Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.

Duty Solicitor Rotas 1st April 2021 to 30th September 2021 - First publication

First publication rotas are only published on this website and on the Google Drive and will not be emailed out.

For further rota versions, providers will be made aware of changes and will then be directed to the Google Drive to see a new version of the rota.

Please find below the 1st April 2021 to 30th September 2021 Duty Solicitor Rotas. All rotas are subject to changes at any time during the rota period as further adjustments are likely to be required.

If you have any queries about the rotas please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate the issues. Queries should be sent by email only. Please be patient as we are unlikely to be able to respond immediately.

Duty Solicitor Rotas starting April 2021

Please find below the link to the rotas on the Google Drive, a guide about the Google Drive and copies of the rotas in PDF format.

Rotas on Google Drive

A guide to accessing rotas via Google Drive (PDF, 572 KB, 10 pages)

A to B Rotas April 21 (PDF, 4.94 MB)

C to E Rotas April 21 (PDF, 5.84 MB)

F to L Rotas April 21 (PDF, 5.15 MB)

M to R Rotas April 21 (PDF, 5.59 MB)

S to W Rota April 21 (PDF, 6.25 MB)

Duty solicitor members lists 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021

The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.

Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the April 2021 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Thursday 21 January 2021.

Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification.

We expect to publish the new rotas in early March 2021

Scheme Members List April 21 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 320 KB) Please note this members list is produced following the CRM12 application process. Updated scheme members lists will appear on the 1 April 21 to 30 September 21 rotas.

Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.

Duty Solicitor Rotas 1st October 2020 to 31st March 2021 - First publication

First publication rotas are only published on this website and on the Google Drive and will not be emailed out.

For any further rota versions, providers will be made aware of changes and will then be directed to the Google Drive to see a new version of the rota.

Please find below the 1st October 2020 to 31 March 2021 Duty Solicitor Rotas. Please be aware that initially all court rotas only run until 9 January 2021. Court rotas to cover the remaining rota period - 11 January 2021 to 31 March 2021 are expected to be published by mid-December. All rotas are subject to changes at any time during the rota period as further adjustments are likely to be required.

There are also some rotas which are not yet complete, due to consultations which are still in progress. We will email all effected stakeholders with the rotas as soon as we can, once the consultations results are known.

If you have any queries about the rotas please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate the issues. Queries should be sent by email only. Please be patient as we are unlikely to be able to respond immediately.

Duty Solicitor Rotas starting October 2020

Please find below the link to the rotas on the Google Drive, a guide about the Google Drive and copies of the rotas in PDF format.

Rotas on Google Drive

A guide to accessing rotas via Google Drive (PDF, 572 KB, 10 pages)

A to B Duty Solicitor Rotas October 2020 (PDF, 10.2 MB)

C to E Duty Solicitor Rotas October 2020 (PDF, 9.7 MB)

F to L Duty Solicitor Rotas October 2020 (PDF, 7.23 MB)

M to R Duty Solicitor Rotas October 2020 (PDF, 10.5 MB)

S to W Duty Solicitor Rotas October 2020 (PDF, 11.2 MB)

Duty solicitor members lists 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021

The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.

Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the October 2020 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Thursday 23 July 2020

Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification.

We expect to publish the new rotas in early September 2020

October 2020 Members List (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 314 KB)

Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.

Duty solicitor Rotas 1st April 2020 to September 30 2020 - First publication

First publication rotas are only published on this website and will not be emailed out.

For any further rota versions, providers will be made aware of changes and will then be directed to a separate resource to obtain the amended rota. Please be aware that some rotas may require future amendments.

There are also some rotas which are not available yet, due to consultations which are still in progress. We will email all affected stakeholders and provide access to these rotas as soon as possible, once the consultations results are known.

There are some rotas which we have only run for three months. We are expecting consultations to take place in the near future which will affect a number of these schemes. We understand that HMCTS are looking at making some possibly significant changes to a number of courts. We will provide further details as soon as we know more.

If you have any queries about the rotas please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate the issues. Queries should be sent by email only. Please be patient as we are unlikely to be able to respond immediately.

Duty Solicitor Rotas and changes to the way they are published

We are trialing a different way to provide the duty rotas. We have uploaded all the rotas in spreadsheet format to Google Drive. Please note that as this is a trial it may be withdrawn or removed at any time. Please send any issues or comments to the same email address dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk

Please find below the link to the rotas on the Google Drive, a guide about the Google Drive and the best way to access the rotas required and also copies of the rotas in PDF format.

Rotas on Google Drive

A guide to accessing rotas via Google Drive (PDF, 572 KB, 10 pages)

A to B Duty Solicitor Rotas April 2020 (PDF, 9.34 MB)

C to E Duty Solicitor Rotas April 2020 (PDF, 10.2 MB)

F to L Duty Solicitor Rotas April 2020 (PDF, 8.22 MB)

M to R Duty Solicitor Rotas April 2020 (PDF, 10.4 MB)

S to W Duty Solicitor Rotas April 2020 (PDF, 11.6 MB)

Duty solicitor members lists 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020

The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.

Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the April 2020 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Thursday 23 January 2020

Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification.

We expect to publish the new rotas in early March 2020

April 2020 Members List (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 306 KB)

Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.

April 2020 rotas - changes to publishing

A guide to accessing rotas via Google Drive (PDF, 572 KB, 10 pages)

Privacy Notice for Defence Solicitor Call Centre

Privacy Notice November 21 Summary - DSCC Privacy Notice November 2021 (PDF, 130 KB, 5 pages)

2017 standard crime contract

The 2017 Standard Crime Contract is available on GOV.UK.

Postcode tool

Search the duty solicitor postcode tool to see which schemes your firm is eligible for, based on postcode or borough.

2017 postcode tool

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