View source for Standard Civil Contract 2018

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This superseded the [[Standard Civil Contract 2014]] from 1/9/18, and from 1/9/24 will be superseded by the [[Standard Civil Contract 2024]].

==Contract extension==
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, '2018 Standard Civil Contract: Notice of Extension of the Contract Period' (19/4/21)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, 'Headline intentions for civil contracting' (March 2022)}}
*{{rsum|LAA, 'Civil news: extension of civil contracts until 31 August 2024' (3/10/22)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, 'Civil news: opportunity in new year for civil contract work' (3/11/22)}}

==Contract documentation==
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, '2018 Standard Civil Contract: Standard Terms' (1/1/21)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, '2018 Standard Civil Contract Specification: General provisions (sections 1-6)' (19/1/21)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, '2018 Standard Civil Contract: Category Specific Rules: Mental Health (section 9)' (20/3/23)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, '2018 Standard Civil Contract: Category Definitions' (1/1/21)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, 'Supervisor self-declaration form: mental health (route 1)' (August 2017)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, 'Supervisor self-declaration form: mental health (route 2)' (August 2017)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, 'Guidance on completing supervisor declaration forms' (September 2020)}}
*{{rsum|Legal Aid Agency, 'Contract management: mental health guidance' (v4, 20/3/23)}}

==External links==
*[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-civil-contract-2018 Government website: Standard civil contract 2018 page]
**{{link|https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/900749/2018_Standard_Civil_Contract_Mental_Health_Category_Specific_Rules_Adjourned_Hearing_Fee_Final.pdf|Category specific rules for mental health (updated July 2020)|s}}

*{{link|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2018-contracts-tender|Government website: Civil 2018 contracts tender page}}

*{{link|https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584854/headline-intentions.pdf|Legal Aid Agency, 'Headline intentions for civil legal aid contracts from April 2018 (20/1/17)|s}}. The LAA anticipate the procurement process for 2018 contracts is likely to start in April 2017, with services commencing on 1/4/18. Details of the process can be found in the document. It states the following in relation to mental health law: "We intend to change the case requirements under the current mental health supervisor standard to increase the number of tribunal cases to be evidenced from 5 to 10. We also intend to introduce a secondary route for supervisors that supervise a mixture of tribunal work and mental capacity work. Supervisors following this route will need to evidence 5 tribunal cases and 5 mental capacity cases. All supervisors following either route will additionally need to evidence 2 non-tribunal mental health cases. We also intend to limit the number of hearings where representation can be conducted either by counsel or an agent who do not carry out contract work for the provider for at least 14 hours per week. The Law Society is currently developing and implementing specialist panel accreditation for Mental Capacity (Welfare) Cases. Once introduced we wish to use this panel accreditation as the basis to restrict authorisation for Court of Protection work to offices with at least one accredited individual who is actively involved in delivering this work. We intend to implement this at the earliest practical opportunity and further information will be published once details of the accreditation scheme and implementation timescale are clearer."
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