Criminal legal aid applications for appeals

Criminal legal aid applications for appeals

• General availability of criminal legal aid for appeals and status as distinct proceedings
• Choosing the right legal aid declaration form for criminal appeals
• Supporting documentation you should provide in a legal aid application for a criminal appeal
• Availability of special urgency for criminal appeals
• Appeal applications where financial eligibility test to be applied and information on assessing a client’s disposable income
• Information on assessing a client’s disposable capital where financial test to be applied in a criminal appeal application
• Availability of legal aid in appeals for a client with other rights or facilities to assist with legal costs
• Timing issues: when to apply for legal aid for a criminal appeal
• Criminal legal aid for late appeals
• Legal aid application for an appeal where leave to appeal is not required
• Review of our refusal to grant legal aid for a criminal appeal
• Criminal legal aid and a Crown appeal: is a separate legal aid application required?
• Availability of legal aid and tests you should address in an application for legal aid for an appeal to the UK Supreme Court
• Power of the High Court to determine interests of justice test in appeal applications
• Legal aid for an appeal by a person convicted of an offence who has since died Criminal legal aid for appeals in Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission cases
• Criminal legal aid for appeals in Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission cases