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Information regarding the application and assessment process for the legal trainee scheme
Determine financial eligibility for legal aid: check household income, calculate living costs, enforcement action, apply for hardship or eligibility review.
Guidance on legal obligations for expert witnesses and those involved in forensic pathology investigations.
Attorney General's guidelines for prosecutors on the use of the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud. First published 2007.
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What to do if you think someone's used your intellectual property without permission - types of intellectual property abuse, help resolving disputes and further legal action you can take.
How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.
The Criminal Cases Unit is responsible for the assessing all special preparation claims under the litigator graduated fee scheme and advocates graduated fee scheme.
The Ministry of Justice has published the final report of an evidence based review of the provision of legal aid for inquests.
Guidance on the funding of civil contempt, how to apply and how to get paid.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
Use this pro forma to request judicial review discretion, and find supporting guidance.
Use this form to ask the court to proceed with your divorce, dissolution, nullity of judicial separation proceedings without the papers being served on the other party.
Use this form to apply to a court to legally separate from your husband, wife or civil partner without getting divorced.
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
Guidance on the obligations placed on expert witnesses in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Guidance on the funding of breaches of civil anti-social behaviour injunctions, how to apply and how to get paid.
Research conducted in 2016 to 2017 investigating the barriers some victims of domestic violence face when obtaining evidence required in legal aid applications for private family law disputes.
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