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An upgrade release of Millennium Accounts (V5.72) caters for new Legal Aid CDS and Claim forms to comply with the latest Legal Services Commission changes that will become active on 1st October 2008.
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Overview

As you are probably aware, the Legal Services Commission has announced changes to Legal Aid CDS and Claims Forms. You will probably have received notification of this directly from the LSC (OPSIS are not responsible for supplying this information). Please note this is an important release for Legal Aid firms and we strongly recommend that you implement this new version as soon as possible.

The Millennium Accounts release of 5.72.4 primarily contains new reports and new miscellaneous features. It does, however, also include 3 new Legal Aid reports which are mandatory from 1st October 2008. Two of them (CDS1 & CDS7) are Word templates and could be emailed to users without the need for upgrading. Users who wish to produce the CLS CLAIM 1 form will need to upgrade to 5.72.4 or later.

Note: Not all Legal Aid users will need/use the CLS CLAIM 1.

Below is the relevant information from the release notes:

Legal Aid Form Updates

• The template for CDS1 “Client’s Details Form” has been updated to version 7 October 2008.
• The template for CDS7 “Non-Standard Fee Contract Work Assessment Form” has been updated to version 8 October 2008.
• The CLS CLAIM 1 “Claim for assessment of costs or payment of costs following detailed assessment in civil cases” has been updated to version 11 October 2008.

The Legal Services Commission will have already notified providers of the form changes and the following information, supplied by the LSC, is accurate at the time of inclusion. Please refer to the LSC website or contact the LSC directly for the most up to date information.

“These forms are mandatory from 1st October 2008 but may be used before that date. All forms signed and dated on or after the mandatory date must be the new versions. Old versions signed and dated on or before 30th September will be accepted until 31st October after which time they will be rejected.“