Legal Aid Agency
Duty solicitor members list 3 January 2023 to 31 March 2023
The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.
Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the January 23 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only to the above address, so that we can keep a record and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Friday 21 October 2022.
Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2022 Standard Crime Contract Specification.
We expect to publish the new rotas early December 2022.
Please find below the link to the scheme members list on the Google Drive, where the January 2023 scheme members list has now been added.
Please note, the January 2023 scheme members list has been produced following the recent CRM12 application process.
Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.
Duty solicitor Rotas 1 October 2022 to 2 January 2023
Please find below a link to the October 2022 rotas on the Google Drive. All rotas are subject to change at any time during the rota period as further adjustments may be required.
If you have any queries about the rotas, please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate. Queries should be sent by email only. Please be patient as we are unlikely to be able to respond immediately.
Application information (for organisations on the October 2022 duty solicitor rotas)
Duty solicitor rotas: 3 January 2023 to 31 March 2023
For organisations on the October 2022 duty solicitor rotas, the CRM12 application deadline for adding duty solicitors to the next set of rotas commencing 3 January 2023 is 23:59 Monday 10 October 2022.
Organisations on the October 2022 rotas must use the new 2022 CRM12 form at CRM12: duty solicitor application when moving firm to submit their application.
Completed applications should be saved as an excel file and emailed to crm12@justice.gov.uk by no later than 23:59 Monday 10 October 2022. We will not accept late applications.
The scheme members list below at duty solicitor members lists 1 October 2022 to 2 January 2023 sets out the duty solicitors and organisations for the October 2022 rotas.
Organisations not on the October 2022 rotas must have submitted their CRM12 for the January 2023 rotas through the Bravo portal by 5 September 2022. For queries concerning these applications please send a message through the Bravo portal
Organisations on the October 2022 rotas should use the new 2022 CRM12:
- To add to the January 2023 rotas any newly qualified duty solicitors who will be engaged by you on 3 January 2023 - a copy of their Law Society CLAS certificate should be sent with the CRM12 application.
- To add to the January 2023 rotas any duty solicitors who will move organisations and be engaged by you on 3 January 2023.
- To add to the January 2023 rotas any duty solicitors for any of your offices not on the October 2022 rotas. This only applies where you have at least one office with duty solicitors on the October 2022 rotas and the offices you are adding had been part of your bid and have passed verification. You must ensure all offices authorised to undertake duty work have duty solicitors on the January 2023 rotas, otherwise you will lose scheme membership for the relevant office(s).
- To change for the January 2023 rotas, the office from which any of your organisations duty solicitors on the October 2022 rotas are engaged. The duty solicitor(s) will move to the duty scheme(s) listed in your organisations 2022 contract schedule against the new office.
When you become aware that a duty solicitor will cease to be engaged by you, you must email straight away both your contract manager and duty team at dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk. You cannot use the CRM12 form and wait until the CRM12 deadline for the next rota period.
We do not need CRM12 applications if there are no changes to be made.
On the CRM12 form please make sure that the correct date is supplied for when the duty solicitor will be engaged by you under the column heading Date duty solicitor will be engaged by your organisation. The DSCC will use this date to move a duty solicitor from the old to the new organisation and/or old office to new office with the same firm. LAA and DSCC will not be held responsible if duty calls are missed or sent to the wrong place due to an incorrect date being entered on the form.
We expect to publish new members lists (not rotas) on our website by Friday 14 October 2022 to allow firms to check that their duty solicitors are recorded correctly. We ask that feedback is provided by email only, so that we can keep a record of any issues and amend and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists will be Thursday 20 October 2022.
Duty solicitor members lists 1 October 2022 to 2 January 2023
The members lists will generally only show rota schemes. Courts will only be listed separately where a choice had to be made from alternative options or if there are restrictions on eligibility due to postcode. All other courts are included on the normal rota schemes.
Organisations should check that all duty solicitors are listed correctly. Organisations may contact crm12@justice.gov.uk regarding any inaccuracies with the members lists. We are unable to accept any new requests for changes to the October 22 rotas, and we cannot accept requests from individual duty solicitors. We ask that queries are sent by email only to the above address, so that we can keep a record and respond accordingly to those who raise them. The deadline for us to receive feedback relating to the members lists is Friday 12 August 2022.
Organisations are reminded of their obligation to ensure that their contact details are accurate and kept up to date via the Duty Solicitor Contact Centre website in accordance with paragraph 9.22 of the 2022 Standard Crime Contract Specification.
We expect to publish the new rotas mid-September 2022.
Please find below the link to the scheme members list on the Google Drive.
Please note this members list has been produced following the recent CRM12 application process.
Please email dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk if a duty solicitor gives formal notice of leaving or leaves your employment.
Duty Solicitor Rotas 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022
Further rota versions, providers will be made aware of changes and will then be directed to the Google Drive to see a new version of the rota.
Please find a link below to the 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022 Duty Solicitor Rotas. All rotas are subject to changes at any time during the rota period as further adjustments may be required.
If you have any queries about the rotas please email these to dutysolqueries@justice.gov.uk and allow us time to investigate the issues. Queries