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.

From:
Legal Aid Agency
Published
1 June 2014
Last updated
3124 OctoberMarch 20222023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

SolicitorSolicitors information& packBarristers Information Pack

PDF, 478224 KB, 2018 pages

BarristerNon informationFamily packHigh Cost Case Plan Format

PDFMS Word Document, 54777 KB, 13 pages

CaseJudicial plan:Review non-family

PDF,Case 351Plan KB,(Costs 11Only) pages

Clinical negligence

PDFMS Excel Spreadsheet, 22218.6 KB, 8 pages

PrisonClinical lawNegligence judicialFunding reviewChecklist

PDF, 330222 KB, 78 pages

Details

Who manages HCC non-familynon-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’Solicitors information& pack
  • barristers’Barristers informationInformation packPack
  • caseNon planFamily packHigh (non-family)

CategoryCost specificCase guidancePlan (funding checklists)

    Format
  • actionsJudicial againstReview theCase police
  • clinicalPlan negligence(Costs Only)
  • prisonClinical lawNegligence andFunding judicial reviewChecklist

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

ECCT Prorcessing dates

We process 90% of new or ongoing case plans in 20 working days.

And we deal with most correspondence within 1020 working days.

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 3124 OctoberMarch 20222023 + show all updates

  1. New Information update

  2. Updated after change in monarch.

  3. Update after change in monarch.

  4. Postal address changed

  5. Documents updated.

  6. Clinical negligence document updated.

  7. First published.