Guide to the changes in reporting Crime Lower work

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It is essential you are aware of these changes and the impacts they will have on reporting your Criminal claims. The LSC is releasing a new version of the bulkload spreadsheet (v1.13) to support these changes, alternatively if you use a Case Management System please contact your Software Vendor. The following table provides an overview of all the forthcoming changes to CWA. The impact column recommends when you should implement these changes to your Crime Lower reporting: 1 2 Area of change Detail Impact New Representation Order Date field for magistrates’ court standard fee matters New Standard Fee Category field for magistrates’ court standard fee matters A new field (Representation Order Date) will be introduced for Crime Lower matters claimed with the following stage reached/claim codes: PROE, PROF, PROK, PROL, PROJ The new field will be required for matters submitted in the October submission onwards (claimed between 1 st and 20 th of November). The Representation Order Date will be mandatory for all outcomes submitted from the October submission onward regardless of when the case started. For further information on these new fields including when you will need to report them please see the detailed Criminal codes guidance For further guidance on Representation Order Date please see section 3.1 See Appendix 1 for a view of the new field A new field (Standard Fee Category) will be introduced for Crime Lower matters claimed with the following stage reached/claim codes: PROE, PROF, PROK, PROL, PROJ Providers will be required to state whether a case is Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 and for Category 1 matters, whether the matter is Either Way or Summary Only. The new field will only be required for matters with a Representation Order date on or after 3 rd October 2011. Matters without a representation order date will not require Standard Fee Category to be reported. For further information on these new fields including when you will need to report them please see the detailed Criminal codes guidance For a further guidance on Standard Fee Category please see section 3.2 See Appendix 1 for a view of the new field October Submission October Submission Business Systems Management v1 22/09/2011
3 4 5 London fees can no longer be claimed for cases with a Representation Order Date on or after 3 rd October 2011 New fees can be claimed for Either Way cases in the magistrates’ court with a Representation Order Date on or after 3 rd October 2011 New pricing for Associated CLS work For Standard Fee magistrates’ court matters with a Representation Order date on or after 3 rd October 2011, it will no longer be possible to claim London rates. All providers will have to use the relevant National rates. Existing validation to ensure only allowable fixed fee values can be claimed for PROE, PROF, PROK, PROL and PROJ claims will be modified to exclude London rates for cases with a representation order date on or after 3 rd October 2011. Existing reporting rules will be retained, therefore you must enter the correct fee in the profit costs field and not the actual costs incurred. For further information on reporting standard fee magistrates’ court matters see the detailed Criminal codes guidance For a list of applicable fee values see the table in section 3.3 below. For Standard Fee Magistrates’ Court matters with a Representation Order date on or after 3 rd October 2011, providers will be entitled to claim an enhanced fee for Category 1 – Either Way cases. Providers will use the new Standard Fee Category field to declare that a matter is Category 1 – Either Way and will be entitled to claim the higher fee. Existing validation to ensure only allowable fixed fee values can be claimed for PROE, PROF, PROK, PROL and PROJ claims will be modified to exclude London rates. Existing reporting rules will be retained, therefore you must enter the correct fee in the profit costs field and not the actual costs incurred. For further information on reporting standard fee magistrates’ court matters see the detailed Criminal codes guidance For a list of applicable fee values see the table in 3.3 below. New prices will be introduced for Associated CLS work matters with a UFN date on or after 3rd October 2011. As Associated CLS work matters are remunerated at Civil rates, the fixed fees are being reduced by 10% in line with the reduction to Civil fees. Providers should continue to report their costs and CWA will automatically assign the correct price to the matter based on the information entered. Matters with a Representation Order Date on or after 3 rd October 2011 Matters with a Representation Order Date on or after 3 rd October 2011 Matters with a UFN date on or after 3 rd October 2011 – No changes to reporting required. Business Systems Management v1 22/09/2011
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