Information for service providers

This section contains information, forms and materials that will be of use to legal aid providers we have a formal contract with.  These materials are only available in English and fall outside the scope of the LSC’s Welsh Language policy.

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Forms

CDS application forms and CLS application and claim forms available in Welsh

As part of the implementation of our Welsh Language Scheme, we have a number ofour forms available in Welsh as well as English.  The Welsh or Bilingual forms will be made available in a similar design and to the same standards as the English versions.

Currently, the following CDS & CLS forms are available in Welsh :

For copies of the Welsh forms, please go to the Documents panel.

Rotas

Duty Solicitor scheme details

The Chester Regional Office is responsible for the administration and funding of the duty solicitor service within Wales.

The duty solicitor service provides free advice and assistance both at the police station and at court. The service is provided by both private firms of solicitors operating in areas of Wales and by the Public Defender Service. Solicitors are allocated to the scheme on a rota basis.

Please contact Lynne Caul at the Chester office on 01244 404 577 if you have any general queries about the duty solicitor rotas.

Wales Committee for the CLS Minutes

The Wales Committee for the Community Legal Service (CLS) was officially launched on Friday 2 March 2007 at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.

The purpose of the Committee is to strengthen and improve the delivery of the Community Legal Service in Wales by bringing together policy makers and funders of legal and advice services

The Committee will facilitate joint planning of other public services which impact on clients’ legal advice service needs.

For copies of the Committee Minutes, please see Documents at the right of the page.

 

Last updated: 17 October 2007

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