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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.
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
Legal aid helps pay for legal advice, mediation or representation in court - see if you can claim.
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Overview, how to apply, where to send paperwork and how long the exceptional case funding (ECF) process takes.
Forms and guidance to apply for legal aid in civil and family cases, as well as certificates, notices, proceeding codes, and judicial review.
Application forms and guidance, eligibility, scope and means testing.
Guidance on the funding of civil contempt, how to apply and how to get paid.
Family help (higher) and legal representation in family proceedings.
Collecting client details, advice and assistance, advocacy, duty solicitor application, criminal legal aid application, hardship review.
We are looking for exceptional solicitors, barristers and FCILEx with legal aid experience to join the Legal Aid Review Panel.
Guidance on the funding of breaches of civil anti-social behaviour injunctions, how to apply and how to get paid.
For legal aid applications where there is no time to make a full application.
For legal representation: non-family proceedings.
Determine financial eligibility for legal aid: check household income, calculate living costs, enforcement action, apply for hardship or eligibility review.
Applying for criminal legal aid in the limited circumstances where the eForm cannot be used: main application form (CRM14), financial statement (CRM15) and completion guidance
Form for defendants and solicitors to claim back the costs of a case in a criminal court if you were refused legal aid for representation.
Information and resources for provider civil legal aid work, including applications and assessment appeals.
Use digital systems to simplify criminal legal aid processing: find forms for LAA criminal legal aid applications and eForms information.
How to work out financial eligibility for legal aid: income and capital means testing, passporting and the civil legal aid calculator.
Find specific information and funding guidance so you can run your mediation service according to Legal Aid Agency (LAA) contracts.
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