CRM4
If you wish to appeal the decision made on your CRM4 application, email crm4appeal@justice.gov.uk
Include the following information:
- The Unique Submission Number (USN) of the application you are appealing.
- Your detailed grounds of appeal explaining why you disagree with our decision.
- If the application is inviting the LAA to depart from the hourly rate for the area of expertise, as set out in the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, explain in detail why the experts’ evidence is key to the client’s case and either:
- (a) the complexity of the material is such that an expert with a high level of seniority is required; or
- (b) the material is of such a specialised and unusual nature that only very few experts are available to provide the necessary evidence.
- All supporting documentation, which should generally include:
Note that:
- the LAA cannot grant more on appeal than you requested on your original application – so you must submit another CRM4 if you require further funding for future work
- funding cannot be granted on appeal for work already undertaken – see paragraph 5.31 of the 2022 Standard Crime Contract Specification (SCC)
- the LAA cannot edit or amend information on a CRM4 grant if, for example, you have entered the client’s name incorrectly – you would need to explain this upon billing, or submit a fresh CRM4 if the work has not been done yet
- we consider each application on its own merit and previous decisions do not set a precedent