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Legal aid - how it works
Author: Abigail Bremner
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Published: Thursday 19 Aug 2021 (SB 21-55)
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The Scottish Legal Aid Board
The Scottish Legal Aid Board's role as an administrator
Solicitors directly employed by the Scottish Legal Aid Board
Grant funding by the Scottish Legal Aid Board
The different types of legal aid
The different types of criminal legal assistance
Automatic Criminal Legal Aid
Advice at the police station
Criminal Advice and Assistance
Criminal Assistance By Way of Representation (ABWOR)
Criminal Legal Aid
The different types of civil legal assistance
Civil Advice and Assistance
Civil Assistance By Way of Representation (ABWOR)
Civil Legal Aid
Children's legal assistance (for Children's Hearings)
Automatic legal aid for Children's Hearings
Advice and Assistance for Children's Hearings
Assistance By Way of Representation (ABWOR) for Children's Hearings
Children's Legal Aid
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Image: Figure 1: Overview of the different types of legal aid
Image: Figure 2: Availability of criminal legal assistance in court proceedings
Image: Figure 3: financial thresholds used to assess entitlement to Advice and Assistance
Image: Figure 4: financial thresholds used to assess entitlement to Civil Legal Aid
Image: Figure 5: financial thresholds used to assess entitlement to Children's Legal Aid
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Scottish Legal Aid Board. (2021). Grant funding programmes. Retrieved from
https://www.slab.org.uk/advice-agencies/grant-funding-programmes/
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[accessed 18 2021]
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