Practitioners seem to fall into two camps - those who are still waiting for their contract to be confirmed by the LSC, and those who have sent it back - often without having time to read it. If you are in the first group, you are in good company with many other practitioners. Due to various issues such as recruitment, signing leases etc, a number of organisations have only been able to send back all verification documentation in the last few days. It seems the LSC has not been able to process the backlog and so people are waiting nervously.  The LSC has issued a FAQ which will hopefully reassure you. If you have had to send the contract back in a hurry, I have written an article for Legal Voice which summarises key points.