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.

laaReferencestring required

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

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

The category of prior authority being requested.

justificationstring required

Detailed rationale explaining why funding is necessary.

Example request

{
  "applicationId": "5f1b2c3d-1111-2222-3333-444455556666",
  "laaReference": "LAA123456",
  "priorAuthorityType": "EXPERT",
  "justification": "The case requires specialist expert evidence to proceed.",
  "uploadedDocuments": [
    {
      "fileName": "abc123.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "expertDetails": {
    "expertType": "Psychologist",
    "expertFullName": "Dr John Doe",
    "expertPostcode": "SW1H 9AJ",
    "expertCosts": {
      "billingType": "HOURLY",
      "hourlyRate": 50,
      "timeRequested": {
        "hours": 2,
        "minutes": 30
      },
      "totalAmount": 125,
      "costsSharedWithOtherParties": true,
      "apportionment": {
        "partiesSharingCosts": 4,
        "clientShareAmount": 31.25
      }
    }
  },
  "counselDetails": {
    "counselType": "KINGS_COUNSEL_ALONE"
  },
  "disbursementDetails": {
    "disbursementPurpose": "Travel",
    "disbursementAmount": 125.5
  }
}

Response

Request accepted. Location header contains the submission URL.

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