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For general inquiries about the Lawyer Portal, LABC Tariffs, fee requests, invoices, vendor numbers, disbursements, contract dates, and our experts’…
Billing tip: ensuring sufficient detail for timesheet descriptions
For hourly contracts, our Lawyer Support team and Audit and Investigation Department review timesheets to ensure accurate billing. A common issue…
Lawyer Portal update: court locations
LABC uses the information you enter on your profile page in the Lawyer Portal to help assign appropriate lawyers for our cases. One valuable piece of…
Billing tip: Invoice notes section
Many of you are familiar with the notes section on Legal Aid BC (LABC) invoices. When you bill LABC, you see “Invoice notes – for your reference…
Billing tips for travel
With many of us back from vacations, we’d like to remind you about a popular billing topic: travel. Here are some helpful tips to remember when…
Family Management Conference tips and new Provincial Court forms
In case you missed it, the Provincial Court recently posted a list of six helpful tips for Family Management Conferences. In addition, as of…
Family law contracts: secondary legal issues
Do you have questions about what is covered and billable under the Family Standard Contract where property division may be marked as a secondary or…
Request transcripts of good decisions
Have you received a favourable decision for your client and feel other counsel or LABC clients would benefit from the decision being reported? LABC…
Invoice rejection requests
Please remember to double-check your invoices prior to submitting them. Lawyer Support has been receiving an increased number of lawyer requests to…
Tips for getting more legal aid contracts
If you want more legal aid contracts, the most important thing you can do is to ensure your profile in the Lawyer Portal is up to date. LABC uses…