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Organisations should check that all duty solicitorsolicitors rotas,are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the CRM12members applicationlists. deadlineWe are unable to accept any new requests for addingchanges to the October 22 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitorssolicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only to the nextabove setaddress, ofso rotasthat commencingwe 3can Januarykeep 2023a isrecord 23:59and Mondayrespond 10accordingly Octoberto those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Friday 12 August 2022.

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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 willjoins bethe engagednew byoffice/schemes youwhere indicated under the column heading ‘Date duty solicitor willjoined beor engagedis byto yourjoin organisation’.this office/scheme/s’. The DSCC will use this date to move a duty solicitor from the old to the new organisationfirm and/or old office to new office withwithin 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 OctoberJanuary 2022 to allow firms to check that their dutyDuty solicitorsSolicitors 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 OctoberJanuary 2022.

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

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FurtherFirst 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 a link below to the 1st AprilOctober 20222020 to 30th31 SeptemberMarch 20222021 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 mayare 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 1stOctober April 20222020

Please find below the link to the rotas on the Google DriveDrive, and a guide about the Google Drive.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)

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2017 standard crime contract

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

The Standard Crime Contract 2022 is available on GOV.UK.

Postcode tool

Duty_Solicitor_Postcode_Tool.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

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

2017 postcode tool

Civil duty solicitor guidance