Availability of Civil legal aid and application procedures

Availability of Civil legal aid and application procedures

• Definition of civil legal aid
• Applications by corporate or unincorporated bodies and sole traders
• Courts and tribunals in which civil legal aid is available
• Proceeding for which civil legal aid is not (or only partially) available: ‘excepted proceedings’
• Civil legal aid: statutory tests for applications
• Other rights or facilities
• Civil legal aid for matters outwith Scotland
• What date is legal aid effective from?
• The essential components of a civil legal aid application: forms, statutory statements, declaration
• Civil legal aid and the role of opponents
• Civil legal aid applications: statements and other documents we need
• Rejection of civil legal aid applications: consequences of missing information
• Civil legal aid applications by someone unable to sign or suffering from a mental disorder
• Civil legal aid applications by person resident outwith the UK
• Civil legal aid application by or on behalf of children: assessing ‘general understanding’ of instructing a solicitor
• Our power to modify or impose conditions on grants of legal aid
• Refusal of legal aid applications
• Applications for civil legal aid for proceedings where we are a party
• Disputing information: what to send us if you are acting on behalf of your client who is the opponent