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Organisations that wish to make amendments to their existing rota membership must submit a fully completed CRM12 detailing all duty solicitors they wish to add or remove from the rotas.
They need to confirm their organisation will:
meet contractual attendance requirements for its dutysolicitors
only nominate duty solicitors who carry out 50 hours Criminal Defence Work per calendar month from the office for which rota slots are held
only nominate duty solicitors that are not named for rota slotswith another organisation
Compliance against these requirements will be monitored throughout the contract period.
Duty Solicitors who have not previously submitted a CRM12 will need to provide a copy of the Criminal Litigation Accreditation Scheme (CLAS) certificate issued by the Law Society. This should be sent with their organisations CRM12.
The form should also be used to remove any duty solicitors who cease to be engaged by the organisation.
Published 17 August 2014 Last updated 18 April 2023 +show all updates
New CRM12 application form has been uploaded to replace the previous version.
CRM12 application added for 2022 to replace previous CRM12 application
CRM12 privacy notice updated.
CRM12 privacy notice updated.
Publication of additional guidance on CRM12 applications for the October 2021 duty rotas.
New CRM12 Application Form added to publications
CRM12 privacy notice updated for the EU Exit.
CRM12 application guidance updated.
Guidance on CRM12 applications for the October 2020 duty rotas published.
Updated CRM12: duty solicitor application when moving firm
29 June 2018 - Updated CRM12: duty solicitor application when moving firm.
