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First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
How to work out financial eligibility for legal aid: income and capital means testing, passporting and the civil legal aid calculator.
Determine financial eligibility for legal aid: check household income, calculate living costs, enforcement action, apply for hardship or eligibility review.
Chapters 8 and 9.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 08 May 2024
Innocent people who have suffered miscarriages of justice, personal harm or injury are among those who will benefit from upcoming changes to legal aid means testing coming into effect this year.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A review of the means test for civil and criminal legal aid.
Government increases financial support to make healthcare studies more affordable.
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