James Packer has written for Free Movement on the recent publication of The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 in response to litigation brought by Duncan Lewis Solicitors. His article highlights the important concessions that Duncan Lewis has achieved for legal aid providers, who will reap the benefit of payment for backdated work as of 20 February 2019. James writes ‘[t]he conditions under which the Legal Aid Agency now has a discretion to backdate a certificate are: 1. That the application for funding must be made as soon as reasonably practicable. 2. That it is in the interests of justice for work to be carried out before a decision is received. 3.That the Director is satisfied that a decision to backdate is appropriate, having regard to all circumstances.’ Toufique Hossain (Director of Public Law), Jamie Bell (Lead Solicitor) and Jeremy Bloom (Trainee Solicitor) prepared the case and Osbournes Solicitors were an interested party. Bindmans, Broudie Jackson Canter, Deighton Pierce Glynn, Legal Aid Practitioners Group, Leigh Day, and the Public Law Project provided evidence in support of the claim.