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Crown Court Means Testing – forms and guidance

02 March 2010

Keeping you up to date as CCMT is rolled out

As Crown Court Means Testing rolls out nationally the LSC want to ensure solicitors and courts have all materials necessary for the change.

Therefore we will provide each firm (which is registered on the duty solicitor call centre scheme in that area) and the corresponding magistrates with:

a supply of the new April 2010 version of the CDS14 and CSD15 forms and;
a copy of the criminal legal aid manual which is the comprehensive guidance on the new process

These will be provided 2 weeks prior to solicitors and courts joining the scheme.

The expected distribution dates for each region are as follows:

Region	Date they join the scheme	Forms & guidance received
South west	12 April	w/c 29 March
Midlands	26 April	w/c 12 April
North west	10 May	w/c 26 April
North east	17 May	w/c 3 May
Wales	24 May	w/c 10 May
South east	14 June	w/c 31 May
London	28 June	w/c 14 June

Further note for solicitors

If your firm does not carry out work under the duty solicitor call centre scheme and you will still like to receive a guidance and forms pack, please can you email the CCMT team and you will then be added to the distribution list.

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Last updated: 02 March 2010