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  • Legal Aid - Frequently Asked Questions

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    • Legal aid, 
    • Useful information for legal aid suppliers

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) surrounding the different areas of legal aid.

    • Additional documents

    • Adoption, wardship & other public law proceedings

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    • Ancillary relief

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    • Appeals to the Civil Legal Services Appeals Panel (CLSAP)

    • Applications for legal aid to appeal & transfers to a higher court

    • Authorities

    • Claims against public authorities

    • Clinical negligence claims

    • Divorce proceedings

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    • Emergency applications

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    • Financial eligibility - advice & assistance

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    • General accident claims (slips and trips)

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    • Injunction & harassment claims

    • International cases

    • Judicial review

    • Land disputes

    • Mental health review tribunal

    • Non-emergency applications

    • Private law children order proceedings

    • Proceedings before the court of summary jurisdiction and warrants of further detention

    • Public law children order proceedings

    • Road traffic claims

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