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Legal aid helps pay for legal advice, mediation or representation in court - see if you can claim.
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Legal aid application forms and guidance for civil and crime work: apply online or through CCMS, deal with high cost or exceptional cases.
Overview, how to apply, where to send paperwork and how long the exceptional case funding (ECF) process takes.
Find out if you can get legal aid, which can help pay for legal advice, family mediation or representation in court or at a tribunal if you can’t afford it
Determine financial eligibility for legal aid: check household income, calculate living costs, enforcement action, apply for hardship or eligibility review.
Providers can access the Apply for civil legal aid service for submission of legal applications in some civil proceedings.
Use the Apply for criminal legal aid service to apply for criminal legal aid online.
We are looking for exceptional solicitors, barristers and FCILEx with legal aid experience to join the Legal Aid Review Panel.
Use claim forms or claim online, eg using CCMS, to get paid for all aspects of legal aid work; find guidance and help with submissions.
Collecting client details, advice and assistance, advocacy, duty solicitor application, criminal legal aid application, hardship review.
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