Children’s Hearings – useful videos and links

Videos on legal aid

Our videos explain:

• What is legal aid?
• Is legal aid the only way I can get help?
• When can you get legal aid?
• Who can get legal aid?
• Do I need to pay for legal aid?
• How do you get legal aid?

Watch our videos

Where can I get more information?

• Contact us at the Scottish Legal Aid Board:

Telephone – 0131 226 7061

Website – www.slab.org.uk

E mail address – general@slab.org.uk

• Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)

For information about going to a hearing –  visit the SCRA website www.scra.gov.uk.

How do I find a solicitor?

• go to our website slab.org.uk and use the solicitor finder
• go to the Law Society of Scotland’s website lawscot.org.uk and use their solicitor finder.

Where else can I go for help?

• The Scottish Child Law Centre can give you free advice. They can also put you in touch with a solicitor who deals with child law. You can contact them on their website: Get In Touch | Scottish Child Law Centre
• You might also be able to get help from Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People. The Commissioner’s job is to make sure that Scotland keeps promises it has made. These are promises about the human rights of children and young people. Their website is cypcs.org.uk.