https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/2011-act-applications-for-childrens-legal-aid-on-behalf-of-a-child/
https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/2011-act-applications-for-childrens-legal-aid-on-behalf-of-a-child/
In terms of rule 3.9 of the Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997 ( as amended by the Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013, where a Safeguarder has been appointed under regulation 8 of the 2013 regulations a child’s application may be made on the child’s behalf by:
for proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
If we grant legal aid then your client receiving legal aid will be the child. A Safeguarder, for example, cannot receive legal aid in their own right. Children’s legal aid under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 is only available to:
A Safeguarder, or indeed, any person in whose care the child is, can make and sign an application on the child’s behalf.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
Find out how many legal aid applications you should submit in a case concerning multiple children, in context of conjoined court hearings under the 2011 Act.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
Find out how to determine if a child can apply for legal aid on their own behalf: assessing ‘general understanding of what it means to instruct a solicitor’.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
This page provides information on the statutory criteria we apply when assessing applications for children’s legal aid by children in sheriff court proceedings under the 2011 Act.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
Statutory criteria for assessing children’s legal aid (relevant or deemed relevant person as applicant) under 2011 Act: financial eligibility, reasonableness.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
Find out about the statutory application criteria for sheriff court appeal proceedings relating to deemed or undeemed relevant person status.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
Statutory assessment criteria for sheriff court appeal proceedings under 2011 Act where your client is a section 126 individual, incl. effective participation.
Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid
Information and supporting documentation you need to send with a sheriff court legal aid application for various court hearing types under the 2011 Act.