Consultations

This section is for:

  • Our consultations - issues on which we are seeking input
  • Our consultations - analysis and responses we have received
  • Consultation responses we have made.

We continually seek the views of stakeholders to help us to deliver our plans. These include: applicants, assisted persons, opponents, solicitors, advocates and others with an interest in legal aid and access to justice.

Our consultations - issues on which we are seeking input

File Type Size
SDAs and contributions stakeholder briefing 409 KB | 19 December 2025 PDF 409 KB

Our consultations - analysis and responses we have received

File Type Size
Response to our consultation on our A&A and ABWOR policies - June 2024 179 KB | 25 June 2024 PDF 179 KB
Response to consultation on our approach to civil legal aid financial eligibility assessment - June 2023 447 KB | 29 June 2023 PDF 447 KB
Response to unusual work in civil proceedings consultation - December 2022 448 KB | 20 December 2022 PDF 448 KB
Response to Accounts assessment policies consultation - August 2022 146 KB | 18 August 2022 PDF 146 KB
Interests of Justice consultation analysis - November 2020 368 KB | 17 March 2021 PDF 368 KB

Consultation responses we have made

File Type Size
SLAB response to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee Legal Aid Inquiry – April 2025 814 KB | 23 April 2025 PDF 814 KB
SLAB response to Scottish Government consultation on legal aid - September 2019 2 MB | 1 October 2019 PDF 2 MB