Payment dates

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Payment dates
When casework is processed
When we pay you
Crime processing update
How we notify you
Where bills are processed
Updating your details

Payment dates

See the table for payment dates for 2011 and 2012

The payment date is the day it goes into bank accounts (day 3 of BACS).

Settlement 1 (including contract payments)	2nd settlement of the month	3rd settlement of the month	4th settlement of the month	5th settlement of the month
8 Dec 11	15 Dec 11	22 Dec 11
6 Jan 12	12 Jan 12	19 Jan 12	26 Jan 12
6 Feb 12	9 Feb 12	16 Feb 12	23 Feb 12	1 Mar 12
8 Mar 12	15 Mar 12	22 Mar 12	29 Mar 12

When casework is processed

We process applications and bills as quickly as we can – the vast majority within our published targets.

To help you know when to contact us with queries, the table below shows the oldest date of receipt of bills currently being worked on in each category. We aim to update this each week.

Any work received earlier than the date shown will already have been processed. Work received later than the date shown may not have been dealt with.

When we pay you

Once processing is complete and your bill is ready for payment, it takes up to 8 working days for the money to reach your account if you are paid by BACS.

Please wait until this time has elapsed before contacting our customer services team with an enquiry as this will help us process all claims more quickly.

Sometimes there are variations in processing times between our teams and we may be able to process your work quicker than the oldest date shown.

Crime processing update

National Crime Processing - Wednesday 22 February 2012

Area of work	Work type	Oldest date of receipt by LSC of work now being processed
CDS4	Application for Prior Authority (disbursement)	16 February
CDS5	Application for Prior Authority (costs)	20 February
CDS7	Non-standard Magistrates' Court claim	31 January
CDS18	Police station exceptional claim	16 February
LF1 (final)	Litigator Graduated Fee claim	03 January
LF1 (fixed)	Litigator Graduated Fee claim	23 January
LF1 (interim)	Litigator Graduated Fee disbursement	23 January
LF2	Redetermination request	30 January
AF1 (final)	Advocates Fee	05 January
AF1 (fixed)	Advocates Fixed Fee	09 January
AF2	Advocates Fee	17 October
CCU	Audit	21 December

Please note that the oldest date set out above for LF1/AF1 processing relate to those claims where no further information is required to process the claim. Where further information is requried from either CPS or HMCTS, dates will be older than those set out above, but we will write to let you know that your case has been affected in this way.

How we notify you

We notify you as soon as we have processed your application or bill. It normally takes 3 working days for you to receive this. We will tell you if:

payment by cheque is enclosed or is about to be paid by BACS
we need further information from you
we need further information from HMCS or CPS about your claim – for example the number of pages of prosecution evidence.

Payment will be delayed until we receive all the further information we need.

Where bills are processed

It’s important to send your bill to the right office as processing and payment may be delayed if you don’t. We have 2 specialist crime processing teams in Nottingham and Liverpool, handling a large number of transactions each week.

To find the right team, use the interactive guide ‘where work is processed’ under Documents on the right of this page.

For new CDS application forms, see the CDS forms page.

Updating your details

We hold your details in a database.

Please keep your details up to date by sending any relevant changes in writing to:

Provider Records
Legal Services Commission
12th Floor, Exchange Tower
2 Harbour Exchange Square
London E14 9GE

DX 100170 Docklands 2

Direct tel: (020) 7718 8096

Last updated: 22 February 2012