https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/other-rights-and-facilities-2/
In addition to the statutory and regulatory tests outlined in this chapter, we must in all cases be satisfied in terms of regulation 15 of the Children’s Legal Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2013 that your client does not have any other rights and facilities available to them, making legal aid unnecessary. This includes cases where your client has a reasonable expectation of receiving financial or other help from a body with which they are associated. If we are not satisfied on these matters, we must refuse legal aid unless there is special reason for making it available.
However, we may grant legal aid if such rights, facilities or help has not been made available to your client after they have taken, in our opinion, all reasonable steps to enforce or get them (short of taking proceedings by way of declarator).
If we are prepared to grant legal aid but your client has a reasonable expectation of receiving financial help towards the cost of the case, they must give a written undertaking to pay us any sum received from such a body.
Other rights or facilities could include:
You must ensure that you ask your client about all potential sources of funding before applying for legal aid. If we discover that such funding exists and this was not brought our attention, we will consider terminating any grant of children’s legal aid.
Appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session
Read about whether a curator ad litem can apply for children’s legal aid to make or respond to an appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court or Court of Session.
Appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session
Read about the statutory tests for applying for legal aid for appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session (where your client is a child)
Appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session
Read about the statutory tests for appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court or Court of Session where your client is a relevant person/deemed relevant person.
Appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session
View the legal aid criteria for appeals to Sheriff Appeal Court/Court of Session when your client is seeking deemed relevant person status or has been un-deemed
Appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session
Learn about the statutory tests for legal aid for appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session where your client is a section 126 individual.
Appeals to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session
Find out how to get legal aid when an appeal has been successful and the Sheriff Appeal Court/Court of Session have remitted back to the sheriff for disposal.