Bringing Certain Cases in the Court of Protection within the scope of Legal Aid

[CP L26/06]

This consultation seeks views on our proposals to bring certain cases in the Court of Protection within the scope of legal aid funding, by way of a Lord Chancellor’s Authorisation, under section 6(8) of the Access to Justice Act 1999.

• Consultation paper [PDF 40kb, 5 pages]
  • Annex A: Full text of the proposed Lord Chancellor's Authorisation [PDF 14kb, 1 page]
  • Annex B: Legal Services Commission guidance on the Authorisation [PDF 45kb, 7 pages]
• Summary of questions [PDF 314kb, 3 pages]
• Contact details
• Help with portable document files (PDF)

Contact details

Further copies of the consultation paper can be obtained by contacting the address below:

Mandy Banks, Civil Legal Aid Strategy,
3.18, Selborne House,
London,
SW1E 6QW

Tel: 020 210 8882
Fax: 020 210 8780

Email: Mandy Banks

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