CRIMINAL LAW DEPARTMENT
Information Sheet 1

Legal Aid Advice and Assistance Scheme

You have signed a form under the Legal Aid Advice and Assistance Scheme, entitling you to have legal advice and assistance paid for by Legal Aid. 

PLEASE NOTE:

1.We can only undertake a certain amount of work for you, which is limited as follows:-

  • We can only do up to two hours’ work to start with.

  • If the Legal Aid covering the two hours’ work is used up, we can then arrange for more work to be covered if necessary. However, you may have to wait for the Legal Aid Board to agree this, and a further limit will be set on the work we can do.

2.We cannot act for you in a court case unless you have another type of Legal Aid. We will arrange this for you if necessary.

3.We can only advise you on English law. 

REPAYING YOUR LEGAL COSTS

If you recover or keep money or property because of the help we have given you under the Legal Aid Advice and Assistance Scheme, YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY BACK YOUR LEGAL COSTS out of that money or property. It is very important that you understand this. We will discuss it with you in more detail.

If there is anything in this leaflet which you do not understand, you should ask us as soon as possible.

We will guide you through all the procedures involved in your case, go through the evidence with you in.

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