Legal Aid Solicitors

If you need help with legal costs, you may get Legal Aid. Legal Aid is organised by the Legal Services Commission (LSC). It is provided in the following ways:-

Legal Help
Help at Court
Family Help
Family Mediation
Legal Representation
Controlled Legal representation

Legal Help allows people with a low income to get free legal advice and help from a solicitor or an experienced legal adviser. The solicitor or adviser must have a contract with the Legal Services Commission (LSC) to be able to provide Legal Help.

What does Legal Help cover

Legal Help covers all the help you might need from a solicitor or legal adviser in preparing a case to go to court. This may include getting general advice on any legal problems, It may also include your solicitor or adviser writing letters, negotiating, getting a barrister's opinion and preparing a written case for a tribunal. Legal Help could also cover the costs of mediation in non-family cases. Mediation is a way of negotiating, where the parties are helped by a neutral mediator to find a solution acceptable to them both.

Legal Help won't pay for the costs of starting or taking a court case. Also, it won't pay for a lawyer to represent you in court or at a tribunal. However, you may be able to get help for - see the CAB website for further info.

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