.In civil representation cases you are entitled to claim a Payment On Account (POA) for your profit costs incurred throughout the life of your legal aid certificate.
This is subject to the following restrictions:certificate has been live for at least 3 monthsyou claim within the agreed cost limit of the certificateyou do not claim more than 4 profit cost POAs within a 12-month periodYou will be paid 80% of the costs incurred to date.
In a fixed fee case, up to 80% of the applicable fixed fees can be claimed.Payments under the Family Advocacy Scheme (FAS) could be claimed up to 100% of the costs incurred as a POA.
This will end on 30 September 2021.This payment will be recouped and replaced with the final payment upon submission of your final claim.
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