Form

Legal aid: exceptional case funding form and guidance

Exceptional case funding (ECF) form, provider information pack (inquests and non-inquests) and funding guidance.

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 2 September 2019 — see all updates

• From: Legal Aid Agency

• Applies to: England and Wales

Documents

ECF form - CIV ECF 1

PDF, 206KB, 11 pages

CIV APP5: application for legal aid in Special Children Act 1989 cases

PDF, 113KB, 11 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email web.comments@justice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Provider information pack

PDF, 399KB, 12 pages

Provider information pack (inquests)

PDF, 450KB, 13 pages

Lord Chancellor funding guidance (non-inquests)

PDF, 285KB, 20 pages

Lord Chancellor funding guidance (inquests)

PDF, 457KB, 6 pages

Notice to the Director of Legal Aid Casework: Lord Chancellor’s guidance on exceptional funding (non inquests)

PDF, 10.3KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email web.comments@justice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Post-judgment notice to Director of Legal Aid Casework (DLAC): IS v DLAC and The Lord Chancellor: ECF Guidance (non-inquests)

PDF, 23.1KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email web.comments@justice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

Included in this publication are:

• CIV ECF 1
• provider information pack (inquest and non)
• Lord Chancellor’s funding guidance (inquest and non)

Submit all ECF forms with a relevant merits form:

• CIV APP 3 for family cases
• CIV APP 1

Also with a relevant means form:

• CIV MEANS 1
• CIV MEANS 2

Published 1 June 2014
Last updated 2 September 2019 + show all updates

1. 2 September 2019 ECF form updated
2. 28 August 2019 ecf form updated
3. 13 June 2018 Form needed updating to version 5
4. 13 June 2018 Updated 'Lord Chancellor funding guidance (inquests)'
5. 24 May 2018 An update to our privacy notices. These changes are part of our preparations for new data protection legislation (GDPR) which comes into force on 25 May 2018.
6. 9 August 2017 ECF form - CIV ECF 1 form updated.
7. 1 April 2017 CIV ECF1 form updated.
8. 22 July 2016 'Exceptional cases funding – provider pack' replaced.
9. 12 November 2015 ECF form and provider information pack updated.
10. 15 July 2015 Post-judgment notice to Director of Legal Aid Casework (LAC): IS v Director of LAC and Lord Chancellor: ECF Guidance (non-inquests)
11. 9 June 2015 Updated Lord Chancellor funding guidance (non-inquests) published 9 June 2015
12. 18 September 2014 Added notice to Director of Legal Aid Casework
13. 1 June 2014 First published.