https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/refusal-of-legal-aid-applications/
https://www.slab.org.uk/guidance/refusal-of-legal-aid-applications/
We must write to your client, you and any opponent whose address is known and their solicitor informing them whether we have granted or refused legal aid.
Where we refuse an application, we have to tell the applicant that the refusal was based on one or more of the specific grounds set out in regulation 19 of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002. These grounds are:
We have a procedure so that if your client’s application has been refused, they may apply to us for a review of the decision [section 14 (3) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986]. The application must normally be lodged within 15 days of refusal. However, we may consider an extension if there is special reason for us to do so.
The application should include:
We write formally to you and your client and the opponents (unless intimation has been dispensed with or postponed) telling them we have received an application for review.
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