Guidance
High cost cases: non-family (civil)
Information packs for solicitors and barristers to get legal aid in high cost cases (HCC) where the matter is outside of family law.
Applies to England and Wales
Documents
Details
Who manages HCC non-family
Civil high cost non-family cases are managed by the Exceptional and Complex Case Team.
A non-family pack - general guidance and case plans
- solicitors’ information pack
- barristers’ information pack
- case plan pack (non-family)
Category specific guidance (funding checklists)
- actions against the police
- clinical negligence
- prison law and judicial review
Where to send forms
New matters
For new matters, please contact the following:
Email: contactECC@justice.gov.uk
Phone: 0300 200 2020 .
The email address for the Exceptional and Complex Case Team is: contactECC@justice.gov.uk
Processing times
We process 90% of new or ongoing case plans in 20 working days.
And we deal with most correspondence within 10 working days.
Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 22 September 2022 + show all updates
Last updated 22 September 2022 + show all updates
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Update after change in monarch.
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Postal address changed
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Documents updated.
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Clinical negligence document updated.
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First published.