Legal aid – means testing

December 2024/January 2025 | Crime
New mandatory disregards to the financial eligibility tests for criminal legal aid have been introduced (under The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2024). From 20 November 2024, applications for criminal legal aid made from that date are affected. Clients already receiving legal aid (and paying legal aid contributions) …
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