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Prior Authority

Submit a prior-authority request

Accepts a prior-authority request from the LAA Civil Manage frontend and forwards it to the Access Data Store.

post/prior-authority

Request body

applicationIdstring uuid required

ID of the application this prior-authority request is associated with.

priorAuthorityType'EXPERT' | 'DISBURSEMENT' | 'COUNSEL' required

The category of prior authority being requested.

expertTypestring

The expert type.

expertFullNamestring

Full name of the expert the prior authority is for.

expertPostcodestring

Primary business postcode of the expert.

expertBasedInLondonboolean

Boolean flag to indicate whether the expert is based inside (true) or outside (false) London

billingType'HOURLY' | 'FIXED_RATE'

How the work will be billed. Required unless priorAuthorityType is COUNSEL.

hourlyRatenumber

Hourly rate in GBP. Required when billingType is HOURLY.

timeHoursinteger

Estimated whole hours. Required when billingType is HOURLY.

timeMinutesinteger

Estimated additional minutes. Required when billingType is HOURLY.

totalAmountnumber

Total amount in GBP. Required unless priorAuthorityType is COUNSEL.

justificationstring required

Detailed rationale explaining why funding is necessary.

counselType'KINGS_COUNSEL_ALONE' | 'TWO_JUNIOR_COUNSEL' | 'KINGS_COUNSEL_AND_JUNIOR_COUNSEL' | 'KINGS_COUNSEL_AND_TWO_JUNIOR_COUNSEL'

Type of Counsel being applied for. Required when priorAuthorityType is COUNSEL.

Example request

{
  "applicationId": "5f1b2c3d-1111-2222-3333-444455556666",
  "priorAuthorityType": "EXPERT",
  "expertType": "Psychologist",
  "expertFullName": "John Doe",
  "expertPostcode": "SW1H 9AJ",
  "expertBasedInLondon": true,
  "uploadedDocuments": [
    {
      "fileName": "abc123.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "billingType": "HOURLY",
  "hourlyRate": 50,
  "timeHours": 2,
  "timeMinutes": 30,
  "totalAmount": 125,
  "justification": "The case requires specialist expert evidence to proceed.",
  "counselType": "KINGS_COUNSEL_ALONE."
}

Response

Request accepted. Location header contains the submission URL.