Lord Chancellor revokes immigration fixed-fee regime (Solicitors Journal) (14 August 2020)

The Solicitors Journal has reported on our victory in the battle to overturn the government’s fixed fee regime for immigration and asylum claims. The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 set a £627 fixed fee and came into force on 8 June. The regulations applied to the remuneration of legal aid providers for appellants whose asylum and immigration appeals are being dealt with under an online procedure, which was rolled out in mid-March after a pilot phase. The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC revoked the new regulations having agreed that inadequate consultation was conducted prior to roll-out of the regime.