Grant of Legal Aid

When your application is successful and legal aid is to be granted, you should read the terms of the offer very carefully, especially those concerning the amount of your contribution and the Director of Legal Aid's First Charge. (Please refer to Legal Aid Contributions.) If the terms of offer of legal aid are acceptable to you, you have to sign and date the Acceptance Form and return it to us together with the contribution payment, if required, within 14 days of the date of the offer. After receiving the Acceptance Form, we will issue a Legal Aid Certificate to you and a lawyer will be assigned to conduct your case.

Once legal aid is granted, you must not speak to the opposite parties or their legal representatives about the case or accept money in settlement of your claim without first consulting your assigned lawyer and notifying us.