civil legal aid

• what is civil legal aid no longer?

  demand led
• what does no longer demand led mean?

  budget is capped - If budget runs our you cannot get financial help
• what is civil legal aid no longer available for?

  -personal injury / medical negligence

  -employment & education

  -immigration

  -housing & welfare benefits

  -private family cases
• how many of these types of cases that can no longer be given legal aid account for?

  600,000 cases
• what does SCH1 of LASPO 2012 state?

  what can be granted civil legal aid
• what types of cases can civil legal aid be grated for?

  -family cases (including DV)

  -mental health & child welfare

  -forced marriages

  -judicial review
• what is the name of the service that offers free legal advice?

  civil legal advice telephone service
• what 2 tests come under S4 civil legal aid regulations 2013?

  -means test

  -merits test
• what is the means test

  sees if individual qualifies for legal aid
• what is the max amount of income someone can earn before not being eligible for civil legal aid?

  £34,950
• UNDER what amount does your monthly income have to be to be elegible for legal aid?

  £2,657
• what is the max amount of disposable income per month you can have before not being eligible for legal aid?

  £733
• what is the max amount of disposable capital someone can have bfore becoming ineligible for legal aid?

  £8000
• what figure does your house have to be over for you to not be eligible for legal aid?

  £100,000
• who automatically qualifies for legal aid?

  unemployed applicants in receipt of benefits
• what statistic of population were eligible when legal aid was first introduced (1949)?

  80%
• what statistic of population were eligible for legal aid in 2016?

  25%
• what is the merits test?

  test to see if case is sufficiently worthy to receive legal aid
• what are the 4 other tests conducted under the merits test?

  -prospect of success test

  -public interest test

  -proportionality test

  -likely damages test
• who is allowed to provide advice & assistance under legal aid?

  firms who have contract with legal aid agency
• what type of fee is legal aid done for?

  fixed fee
• by how much has the number of provider offices completing legal aid work fallen by in the past 5 years?

  14%