Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

• General – applications to us
• Cases concerning multiple children: multiple applications by Relevant Persons or other adult individuals not required
• Application directly by a child for children’s legal aid for children’s court proceedings
• Application for children’s legal aid on behalf of a child
• Application for children’s legal aid by a safeguarder
• Applications for children’s legal aid by a curator ad litem
• Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court proceedings where your client is a child
• Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court proceedings where your client is a relevant person or deemed relevant person
• Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court appeal proceedings relating to deemed or undeemed relevant person status
• Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court appeal proceedings where client is a section 126 individual
• Other rights and facilities
• Supporting information you should send with application for children’s legal aid for sheriff court proceedings
• Conditions on grants of legal aid
• Review of refusal of legal aid or conditions on the grant of legal aid