Family Contract 2012

The 2012 Standard Civil Contract (Family and Housing) started on 1 February 2012. The documents in relation to this can be found on the documents section of this page.

Further information on the changes that will be implemented can be found on the Legal Aid Reform page.

Contract for signature including Standard Terms

The Standard Terms govern the underlying relationship between the LSC and providers. These are a generic set of terms that apply to the LSC's three main face-to-face contracts:

Civil
Crime
Very High Cost Cases (Crime)

The Contract for signature is in the documents section of this page should be read in conjunction with the 2010 Standard Terms on the 2010 Standard Civil Contract page. On that page there is also a guide to the 2010 Standard Terms.

Specification

The specification sets out all the rules for carrying out and being paid for civil controlled and licensed work.

The specification itself is divided into provisions of general application (sections 1 to 6) and category specific rules and payment schemes for family (section 7).

For housing and other categories the rules are contained in section 10 to the 2010 Standard Civil Contract.

Sections 8 and 9 have been omitted from this specification as they relate to services for mental health and immigration which do not form part of this contract.

Payment annex

The payment annex sets out all standard and graduated fees and hourly rates payable under the specification.

These fees contain a 10% reduction to the fees currently payable under the Unified Contract. This is in accordance with the Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No 2) Order 2011 (SI 2011 No 2066).

Schedule

The schedule is an important contract document which sets out provisions specific to an individual provider, including Matter Start allocations for Controlled Work. Although the contents of schedules will vary between providers, a sample schedule can be found in the documents section for illustration.

Last updated: 16 April 2012