Full release notes available here
OneOffice
Civil Legal Aid Billing – Section 25
The Civil Legal Aid Billing module now includes a option for Section 25 cases under the "Other Public" category. This is in addition to the current Hourly Rates option, ensuring consistency in billing for Family Legal Aid users.
PROH Fee Code changes
The PROH Fee Code implementation has been introduced to support new LAA fee code requirements for Crime lower work. This update introduces PROH1 and PROH2 Fee Codes with different hourly rates for representation orders dated on or after 22 December 2025, ensuring correct assignment and reporting of Fee Codes on CDS6 submissions while maintaining PROH as the Stage Reached code.
Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 — LGFS Fee Update
The OneOffice Crime Billing Module has been updated to implement the new LGFS rates introduced by the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. This update ensures correct LGFS rates are applied for representation orders dated on or after 3 March 2026, including the implementation of the 65:75:100 guilty plea:cracked trial:trial basic fee ratio and other specified fee adjustments.
IHT Forms Update
The Probate Module has been updated with the latest HMRC Inheritance Tax form templates (IHT400, IHT401, IHT401a, IHT417, and IHT418). This update ensures compliance with HMRC requirements effective from 6 April 2025, automatically populating the date of death question on IHT400 and maintaining all existing field mappings without requiring manual form updates.
Database Management
We have updated the way your database is upgraded. We have changed the process from using Redgate Snapshot to DACPAC.
Security Fixes
Resolved several security vulnerabilities to improve the overall security and stability of the application.
Bugs – OneOffice
We have also fixed a number of bugs within OneOffice, the details of which can be found below:
General | Version |
Document Search within the file history not working as expected due refresh issue which leaves search stuck on NOTES | 16.3.2.0 |
CDS Acceptance Fee value not considered in Case Close validation | 16.3.2.0 |
Drag drop – change Diary type to Email Out - error | 16.3.2.0 |
Dragging Calendar items into a DPS case has been removed as this result in crashing Outlook | 16.3.2.0 |
Criminal Legal Aid Spoc submission change to Remove the Residence test field | 16.3.2.0 |
Criminal Legal Aid Spoc submission change to check and remove any spaces in schedule number | 16.3.2.0 |
Lower billing - Proceedings Class - RC-10 Time option to be removed | 16.3.2.0 |
Legal Aid Spoc submission further change to remove 0.00 values under Travel and Waiting Field - Claims INVM and PROW | 16.3.2.0 |
Financial Director
Bugs – Financial Director
We have also fix bugs within Financial Director, the details of which can be found below:
Financial Director | Version |
Aged Creditors Report Allocations | 16.3.2.0 |
Nominal By Month (DPS Reports) using Chart of Accounts (COA) does not display sub groups correctly (when MULTIPLE SUB-GROUPS are added to a Group) | 16.3.2.0 |
How this version will be released
This update should be downloaded by your trained DPS Supervisor\Developer who can apply it to your system. This update should be downloaded here by your trained DPS Supervisor\Developer who can apply it to your system.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are a hosted client this will automatically be applied to your system by one of our technicians, if you are a non-hosted client and have an SLA, we will be in touch to arrange an update at a convenient time.
Additional Information
PLEASE NOTE: You will need to be running a minimum of SQL Server 2017 for the database update and software to work correctly.
This update requires that PCs have the latest Microsoft .net 4.8 or higher and Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 installed. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=40784)