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Jane Harbottle Biography Jane Harbottle was appointed Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and Director of Legal Aid Casework in March 2021. Earlier in her career Jane conducted fraud investigations, litigation and debt recovery in the private sector. She joined the Legal Services Commission (the LAA’s predecessor organisation) as a contract manager in May 2000. Previous roles include: Interim Chief Executive National Contracts Manager Area Contract Manager (North East) Litigation Manager The chief executive provides overall leadership of the LAA and works to ensure that legal...

Date Time Civil news changes to mortgage debt in eligibility calculations An important change to the eligibility criteria is happening with the removal of the mortgage cap as part of the means test for civil legal aid. Recent legislation has removed the existing cap on the amount of mortgage debt that can be deducted from a property’s value, so that all mortgage debt will be deducted. This means that more individuals will pass the financial eligibility criteria for civil legal aid. We are in the process of implementing the necessary changes made to the regulations to make sure that claimant...

An important change to the eligibility criteria is happening with the removal of the mortgage cap as part of the means test for civil legal aid. Recent legislation has removed the existing cap on the amount of mortgage debt that can be deducted from a property’s value, so that all mortgage debt will be deducted. This means that more individuals will pass the financial eligibility criteria for civil legal aid. We are in the process of implementing the necessary changes made to the regulations to make sure that claimants with a mortgage over a specific value are not disadvantaged in applying ...

7 January 2021 Legal aid eligibility criteria has changed and will now allow more people to access justice in civil cases of law. The Legal Aid Agency ( LAA) has implemented the changes made to the regulations to ensure that claimants of specific compensation schemes are not disadvantaged in applying for legal aid. LAA Chief Executive, Jane Harbottle said: I welcome this change as it will ensure that many more people are able to access the justice they need. The Legal Aid Agency has worked to implement these important changes as quickly as possible and I would like to acknowledge this work to...