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Open consultation: Legal aid fees in the Illegal Migration Bill

Ministry Of Justice

June 27
13:59 2023

The consultation is aimed at anyone with an interest in the provision of immigration and asylum legal aid, specifically the work impacted by the Home Offices Illegal Migration Bill (IMB). This includes, but is not limited to, members of the legal profession and their professional representative bodies, and legal services regulators.

The Ministry of Justice has published a consultation paper outlining the proposal that for all work undertaken pursuant to Clause 55 of the IMB, hourly rates should be up to 15% higher than existing immigration hourly rates.

The Ministry of Justice seeks input only in relation to the fees applicable to immigration legal aid work being brought into scope by the IMB in England and Wales. The proposed increased hourly rates pertain exclusively to legal aid work as done pursuant to the matters set out in Clause 55 subsections (3)-(4) of the Bill and do not extend to other immigration legal aid matters or any other area of legal aid. Specifically, legal aid services provided to a person served with a removal notice, in relation to the removal notice, including any suspensive appeal brought in relation to the notice and any application under Clause 55 subsection (4) of the Bill (IMB Work).

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Legal Aid Fees in the Illegal Migration Bill (large print version)

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