# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 70: Duty to report progress of proceedings


(1) An assisted person’s solicitor and his counsel (if any) shall give the Area Director such information regarding the progress and disposal of the proceedings to which the certificate relates as the Area Director may from time to time require for the purpose of performing his functions under these Regulations and, without being required so to do, the assisted person’s solicitor shall–
(a) make a report where the assisted person declines to accept a reasonable offer of settlement or a sum which is paid into court;
(b) notify the Area Director where a legal aid certificate is issued to another party to the proceedings.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an assisted person’s solicitor shall, when required so to do by the Board, make a report to the Area Director, on a form approved by the Board, specifying the grounds on which he certifies that it is reasonable for the assisted person to continue to receive legal aid in respect of the proceedings to which the certificate relates.
(3) Where an assisted person’s solicitor fails to make a report under paragraph (2) within 21 days of the Board’s request, the Area Director shall–
(a) give notice to him and to the assisted person that the legal aid certificate may be discharged; and
(b) invite the assisted person to show cause why the certificate should not be discharged,
and the provisions of Part X of these Regulations shall apply, with any necessary modifications, where notice is given under sub-paragraph (a) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-70
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