Legal Aid funding is automatically available for:
Legal Aid funding is available (subject to merits assessment) for:
Legal Aid funding is available (subject to financial/merits assessment) for:
Private Law Orders such as Child Arrangements (contact/residence) if there is evidence of domestic abuse or child abuse (known as gateway evidence)
What kind of gateway evidence is required?
If you have been the victim of domestic abuse by the other parent/relative, you should qualify for legal aid, subject to being able to provide satisfactory evidence of the same. There is no longer a time limit on when such domestic abuse occurred. Below is a list of the most common examples of evidence that the Legal Aid Agency will accept:
If there has been no history of domestic abuse but there has been a history of child abuse concerns, involving the other parent/relative, you should qualify for legal aid, subject to being able to provide satisfactory evidence of the same.
Below is a list of the most common examples of evidence that the Legal Aid Agency will accept:
The above evidence is guidance only. Should you have other forms of evidence not listed, please call us and we would be happy to discuss this with you, along with all other evidential requirements.
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