Guidance

Financial assessment forms checklist, civil representation

Information about completing means assessment forms and checking that your client has correctly completed the forms.

• From: Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 1 April 2013
• Last updated: 3 August 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Financial assessment forms checklist

PDF, 175 KB, 6 pages

Details

This checklist is relevant to forms:

• CIVMEANS1 - initial assessment and further assessment.
• CIVMEANS2 - assessments, people who receive named benefits
• CIVMEANS3 - assessments, people whose main home is outside the UK
• CIVMEANS4 - child client who is under 16 who has less than £2,500 capital and no regular income
• CIVMEANS5 - increase in capital

Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 3 August 2023 + show all updates

1. 3 August 2023

   Updated the checklist for phase 1 of the Means Test Review.

2. 1 April 2013

   First published.