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Legal Aid 426 topics

Discuss Legal Aid. Will you qualify? How do you claim? When and how do you pay the money back?
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Legal Aid for Pre-Court Mediation
Legal aid for family mediation will continue to be available to assist clients to resolve their family dispute. Legal aid will continue to cover the costs of Me ...
25 May 20, by rubytuesday
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Cases Still Eligible for Legal Aid
Some family law cases are still eligible for legal aid, they are:

Unlawful removal of children – securing an order to prevent the unlawful removal of ...
25 May 20, by rubytuesday
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Check your eligibility for Legal Aid
You can check your eligibility for legal aid for family law cases on Gov.UK -
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When does it stop
A bit of a Question legal aid when does it stop x had legal aid for 2 years has signed Trust D form hence was advised that x will be losing it so no more runnin ...
11 Jan 22, by Djsmith
Latest 03 Oct 24 by Djsmith
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03 Oct 24
Help I am a full time student!
So my husband was caught out having been messaging other people online for 5 months on some swinger's website behind my back. I ended things on 5th Jan and it's ...
10 Feb 23, by 2023plsseeme
Latest 13 Feb 23 by 2023plsseeme
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13 Feb 23
Statutory Charge
Is a house in negative equity an asset or a liability.

When my daughter divorced her abusive husband, individually they had no assets and each had subs ...
04 Jan 21, by Pilotfield
Latest 07 Jan 21 by .Charles
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07 Jan 21
Self employed and Legal Aid
Hi. I am self employed and my solicitor mentioned I may be able to apply for Legal Aid, as my payslip only states my salary pr month as £734. However as I said ...
26 Nov 20, by Tine
Latest 04 Dec 20 by Djsmith
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04 Dec 20
can I get legal aid for court?
I am getting universal credit would I get legal aid for mediation and court fees if it went to court to sort finances? ...
08 Jun 19, by jemma12345
Latest 09 Jun 19 by hadenoughnow
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09 Jun 19
appeal against a deduction from earnings order
Good afternoon

Does anyone know how to appeal against a deduction from earnings order, I sent my request to the court, but the said they don’t do thi ...
21 May 19, by Johankirchner
Latest 21 May 19 by WYSPECIAL
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21 May 19
He was ordered to start divorce by the court
Hi during the court hearing he was ordered to start the divorce . This was over a year ago. My legal aid costs are rising and I am struggling to understand how ...
13 Oct 18, by CHAIRS
Latest 16 Oct 18 by CHAIRS
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16 Oct 18
Is Legal Aid available ?
Having been assessed as qualifying for Legal aid, the guy on advised, legal aid not available to obtain financial settlement?

Is there somewhere to get ...
28 Sep 18, by Thomasjames
Latest 28 Sep 18 by WYSPECIAL
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28 Sep 18
16 Jul 18, by Annie353
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fee remittance
hi we get 1050 per month and universal credit calculator shows entitled to fee remittance but when i applied for d11 they wrote back and said i was not how do t ...
02 Jul 18, by diamond74
Latest 03 Jul 18 by diamond74
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03 Jul 18
Ex lied to get Legal Aid
My partner's divorce from his ex came through a few months ago, now he is going through a clean-break/financial settlement.

We've been told it will cos ...
26 Mar 18, by Sas2017
Latest 17 May 18 by reabo1
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17 May 18
DIY divorce and form A
Briefly, I got a DIY divorce. I didn't seek any legal advice, and the total marriage duration from marriage to decree absolute is 2 years 5 months.

I d ...
15 May 18, by smellymoo
Latest 16 May 18 by smellymoo
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16 May 18
Legal Aid Scotland
I am closing in on the end of a divorce case against my ex and out of the blue I have had an application for legal aid for him presented. What I am surprised a ...
04 May 18, by nna
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Income Threshold
I would qualify for legal aid due to DV but not sure about income, do any of you kind people know what the threshold is? ...
29 Apr 18, by Lipstickandlollipops
Latest 29 Apr 18 by Under60
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29 Apr 18
not legal aid question about fee remittance
ok applied for fee remittance for a d11, this has came back saying dwp has said we are not entitled to one,

my question is what do they take into accou ...
27 Mar 18, by diamond74
Latest 28 Mar 18 by .Charles
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28 Mar 18
Are they receiving Legal Aid?
Can anyone help.

My case has concluded for the moment but my solicitor always told me my ex partner was not on Legal Aid as we hadn't been notified. At ...
16 Feb 18, by thevicar
Latest 17 Feb 18 by thevicar
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17 Feb 18
What is Family Help (Higher) Legal Aid?
And how is it different from Family Help (Lower) or Full Representation? ...
20 Jul 17, by England1217
Latest 12 Oct 17 by England1217
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12 Oct 17
Need advice on appealing to get legal aid revoked
I got an email on 22 June 2017 from my ex-wife's solicitors stating that they are applying for legal aid, the email states "we have now made an application ...
28 Jun 17, by England1217
Latest 13 Jul 17 by .Charles
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13 Jul 17
Mediation and Legal Aid
I'm sure I read somewhere that if my ex husband refuses to attend mediation (which I believe he will) that that may mean I will get Legal Aid. Does anyone know ...
06 Jun 17, by Twiglit
Latest 06 Jun 17 by spinit
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06 Jun 17
Cost of legal aid
I divorced in 2000 and was granted legal aid.
Had to pay it back though. With advice from my solicitor a land charge was put on my property which I then wou ...
21 Apr 17, by Steffi321
Latest 22 Apr 17 by dukey
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22 Apr 17
legal aid
How do you know if you are entitled to legal aid? ...
09 Apr 17, by Abigail Wylie
Latest 09 Apr 17 by rubytuesday
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09 Apr 17
Is she on Legal Aid ?
Hi, I'm saperated and not living with my partner from October 2014. As soon as I left our house which we use to rent, I wanted to come back and see kids. She di ...
30 Mar 17, by UmarFarooq
Latest 31 Mar 17 by rubytuesday
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31 Mar 17
Legal aid for financial proceedings to defend case
I am separated from my wife from last one year. The divorce is in progress. Decree Nisi has not been pronounced yet.

I have asked my wife through her s ...
26 Feb 17, by akshaygupta1975
Latest 26 Feb 17 by .Charles
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26 Feb 17
Litigation loan
Does anyone have experience of taking out a Litigation loan - and if so, would you recommend the process. And which firm was used? ...
05 Jan 17, by Clare39
Latest 13 Jan 17 by taylorc
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13 Jan 17
Eligibility for legal Aid
Understand that someone can produce a letter from the GP that they are suffering domestic abuse to get free legal aid ?

Can GP give such a letter witho ...
03 Jun 16, by StunnedDad
Latest 12 Aug 16 by .Charles
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12 Aug 16
where can i get assistance to get Legal aid
I don''t have much of an income rely on child tax credit and have huge debts built up due to divorce which has not concluded. ...
06 Apr 16, by 7yellowflowers
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Legal Aid..is it a waste of time looking for it?
I have moved out of the family home due to emotional and physical abuse and police involvement but need to get back in the home as I''ve been asked to leave and ...
27 Mar 16, by EmmaDC5
Latest 27 Mar 16 by Mitchum
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27 Mar 16
Claiming twice
Hi I wonder if someone can help me. This is a Scottish case.
After lots and lots of tears, frustration and disbelief he has done it again. Please see my l ...
15 Jan 16, by jackie01
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Differing Dates with Form E application
My Form E was completed on the 20th August for an exchange scheduled for the 21st Sept.

The Ex has since issued proceedings for an exchange date on the ...
27 Sep 15, by okeydokey
Latest 02 Oct 15 by okeydokey
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02 Oct 15
emotional abuse
My decree Nisi has gone through, and I am fearful of the increasing legal fees due to my husband (who is wealthy but now employing several people to help him hi ...
12 Sep 15, by VictoriaRegina
Latest 12 Sep 15 by Fiona
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12 Sep 15
legal aid question
Hello forum
This is a difficult question to ask but my
solicitors did something awful to me in 2011, so bad that unfortuantely I was diagnosed with PTSD ...
04 Aug 15, by pattyb
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legal aid question
Hello I hope someone can advise me. I have
had a terrible divorce and have very bad
solicitors. I have just signed a consent order that allows STBX to p ...
10 Jul 15, by pattyb
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Legal aid statutory charge on my home
Hi. I have received a final bill from my solicitor. It is £11,500, £4100 more than estimated only 3 months before the case ended so bit of a concern. Firstly ...
03 Jun 15, by Karina
Latest 04 Jun 15 by Karina
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04 Jun 15
Tonight''s Panorama - DIY Justice
BBC1 at 7:30pm tonight:

"Raphael Rowe meets the parents fighting for access to their children without any legal assistance. Cuts to legal aid ...
30 Mar 15, by rubytuesday
Latest 01 Apr 15 by Forseti
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01 Apr 15
Dispute Solicitor''s Legal Aid bill
I used a solicitor through legal aid until I was able to increase my working hours which meant I was no longer eligible so I dispensed with their services in Ma ...
19 Mar 15, by Rumbled
Latest 20 Mar 15 by .Charles
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20 Mar 15
Interest on Legal Aid fees?
While going through my divorce I received legal aid and as I did not have the funds to pay the bill in full straight away a charge has been put on my house. I w ...
05 Feb 15, by goldenbrown
Latest 25 Feb 15 by .Charles
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25 Feb 15
Legal aid bill
Hi

My solicitors have calculated my legal aid bill and it is pretty high compared to the effort they put into my case. They have even charged me for th ...
12 Jan 15, by Mayzie
Latest 18 Jan 15 by .Charles
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18 Jan 15

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