https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/discretionary-application-process-for-people-fleeing-or-in-an-abusive-or-controlling-relationship/

Civil Legal Aid

After a grant, and prior approval needed

Assessing probable cause and reasonableness

Availability of Civil legal aid and application procedures

Changes of circumstances and withdrawal of legal aid

Cost limits

Financial assessment

Merits of different types of case

Modified application procedures

Civil legal aid for child abduction/custody cases: simplified application arrangements for Hague Convention and European Convention on the custody of children cases
Civil legal aid cases under the European judgements convention: modified application procedure

Special urgency

High cost and complex cases

Reporting requirement: whether or not submitting a claim on the Fund

Duty to report whether or not submitting a claim on the Fund