Questions tagged [legal-aid]
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How to report abuse of legal aid services?
Often legal aid services have a clear caveat requiring that you are eligible if your household income is under X% of the federal poverty level. X can be 125 to 200. If someone is abusing this by using legal aid services while being at a household…
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Is legal aid for criminal defence usually means tested?
Allison was charged with a crime, and would like to fund her defence through legal aid. What would make her eligible?
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What provisions entitle a defendant in a possession claim to receive on-the-day representation/advice from a duty scheme?
Usually when facing a possession claim against oneself one is given access to a duty scheme advisor/representative. Suppose on one day there is no such representative present. Is a defendant who would have availed such advice had it been available…
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Does legal aid eligibility go by assets or net worth?
Does eligibility for legal aid get determined by a financial threshold (seemingly £8000) for total positive assets, or net worth as in assets less liabilities/debts?
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Does the legal aid agency get compensated for legally aided cases that are successful?
Suppose that A, represented by a legally aided lawyer, sues B, and their claim fails. Then B may be able to claim costs against A, and if they are awarded, then legal aid will cover the costs order.
But what if the outcome is different, and A's…
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