We are experienced in claiming payments on account from the Legal Aid Agency.
The Legal Aid Agency allows payments on account for:
- Disbursements which are already incurred or about to be incurred,
- Profit Costs.
The Legal Aid Agency will pay 75% of your incurred profit costs upfront during the life of a case in subject with any case specific rules. Payments on Account claims for profit costs for Legal Aid practitioners can help improve a firms cash flow.
The Legal Aid Agency allows the first claim to be made on the three-month anniversary from the issue date of the public funding certificate, no claim for costs is allowed within the first three months. We highly recommend a claim is made upon this anniversary for the Work In Progress (WIP) incurred on your case and the firm will receive 75% of profit costs incurred to date. Subsequent claims can then be made every 6 months. The Legal Aid Agency only allows for 2 claims for payments on account for profit costs to be made within a 12-month period based on a rolling year. We have systems in place to ensure claims are made for firms efficiently and on-time to maintain an effective cash flow thus improving your sustainability.
A payment on account in relation to disbursements can be applied for in respect of disbursements incurred or about to be incurred under a public funding certificate. We ensure claims are made as swiftly as possible upon receipt of an invoice or a disbursement being incurred. We understand the importance of a firm to promptly pay an expert and our system ensures claims are made in a timely manner without causing any delays of payments to experts. We also specialize working on unbilled disbursements and identifying and claiming costs which a firm have not previously claimed to improve your cash flow.
NS Costings Ltd can assist your firm in making payments on account claims promptly and efficiently to improve your cash flow. Please contact us for further details.