Manage means assessments, LAA reporting, and cost limitations from a single platform — ensuring compliance with Legal Aid Agency rules while maximising recoverability.
Firms undertaking legal aid work face stringent rules from the Legal Aid Agency on eligibility, cost limits, reporting, and billing. Manual processes lead to rejected claims, overspend on non-recoverable work, and failed LAA audits that put contracts at risk.
Assessing client eligibility across different scheme types is error-prone when done manually, leading to rejected applications.
Fee earners exceed authorised cost limits without realising, resulting in unrecoverable work and financial losses.
Preparing CCMS submissions and audit returns manually consumes hours that could be spent on casework.
Failing to meet LAA contract KPIs — such as timeliness and outcome recording — puts the firm's legal aid franchise at risk.
Purpose-built capabilities — not generic templates you have to work around.
Built-in eligibility calculators guide fee earners through financial assessments, reducing rejection rates.
Real-time cost tracking alerts fee earners as they approach authorised spend limits, preventing unrecoverable overspend.
Generate CCMS-ready submissions and audit returns from case data with minimal manual intervention.
Monitor key performance indicators — outcome recording, timeliness, peer-review grades — in real time.
Structured case records with mandatory fields ensure every file meets LAA peer-review and audit standards.
The fee earner runs the means-test calculator using the client's financial details to confirm legal aid eligibility.
SwiftCase generates the CCMS application from case data, reducing form-filling and improving accuracy.
Time and disbursements are tracked against the authorised cost limit, with alerts as thresholds approach.
At case conclusion, outcome data and cost claims are submitted to the LAA in the required format.
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SwiftCase generates data in CCMS-compatible formats, enabling you to prepare submissions efficiently. Direct API integration with the LAA's Client and Cost Management System streamlines the application and billing process.
Yes. SwiftCase supports multiple scheme types — including Legal Help, Family Help, and certificated work — each with its own eligibility criteria and cost-limit rules.
Every time entry and disbursement is tracked against the authorised cost limit in real time. Fee earners receive alerts at configurable thresholds (e.g. 75%, 90%, 100%) to prevent overspend.
Structured case records with mandatory fields, documented eligibility assessments, and a complete audit trail ensure your files meet the standards expected during LAA peer reviews and contract audits.
Means-test calculators, cost-limit alerts, and automated LAA reporting — see how SwiftCase helps your firm stay compliant and profitable.
