You can find details of the publications available on this site, by using the links below.

• Information for the public
  
• Information about the Board - corporate publications
  
• Policy and research publications
  
• Materials for the legal profession
  
• Ordering printed publications
  
  

INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC

For information on applying for legal aid, visit our section getting legal help. The links below will take you to pdf versions of our leaflets.

• 1 Guidance for opponents in civil legal aid cases
• 2 A guide to civil legal aid - including information on if you qualify financially, effective 7 April 2008
• 3 Criminal legal assistance if you are in custody
• 4 Criminal legal assistance if you are not in custody
• 5 Civil legal aid – what you may have to pay
• 6 Do I qualify financially for advice and assistance in criminal or children's cases? (effective 7 April 2008)
• Complaints and comments about the Scottish Legal Aid Board
• Civil legal aid - information for applicants
• Access to information
• If you wish the leaflet in another language or format, please give us details.
• Our service standards tell you the level of service you can expect from us, including how long it will take us to do things.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOARD - CORPORATE PUBLICATIONS

• Read our most recent Annual Report for 2006-2007 visit our special mini website or visit the annual report archive listing, including full annual accounts.
  
• Also read our Corporate Plan 2007-2009 (pdf) or visit the Corporate Plan archive listing.
  
• Find out about our Equality work
  
• We also publish a wide range of other information about our work. You can easily access this in our Access to Information section, by using our A - Z listing of published information.

POLICY AND RESEARCH

• Distribution of the supply of legal aid in Scotland - Research report on the supply and use of civil advice and assistance and civil legal aid in Scotland 1996/97 to 2000/01. Published December 2002. Find out more - including obtaining the research report.
• Legal aid in a changing world - Research into the reduction in civil legal aid applications in Scotland between 1992 and 2001. Published December 2001. Find out more - including downloading the report.

MATERIALS FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION

• Scottish Legal Aid Handbook
  
• Guidelines, guidance, manuals, category codes
  
• The Recorder
  
• Mailshots
  
• Taxations
  
• Forms
  
• Other materials

ORDERING PRINTED PUBLICATIONS

If you wish to order any printed publications (apart from forms for the profession), please contact our Communications Office with your request:

Mail to : Communications, Scottish Legal Aid Board
Postal address: 44 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 7SW
DX address: DX ED555250 EDINBURGH 30
Legal Post address: LP2 EDINBURGH 7

or telephone 0131 240 1985

or e-mail your details to:general@slab.org.uk

or complete our online leaflets and other publications order form