Legal aid and other legal help

Legal help when you can’t afford a lawyer

What this chapter covers

• Introduction
  An introduction to the different types of Legal Aid available to you
• Criminal cases: Legal Aid and other legal help
  Talking to a lawyer for free when you’ve been arrested (Police Detention Legal Assistance scheme (PDLA)), and having a duty lawyer represent you. How to apply for criminal Legal Aid
• Family/civil Legal Aid: For non-criminal cases 
  Getting Legal Aid in non-criminal employment disputes, including: how to apply, how it’s decided whether you’ll get Legal Aid, whether you’ll have to pay any of it back, and what you can do if you’re refused
• Challenging a Legal Aid decision
  Getting Legal Aid Services to reconsider their decision and how to apply to the Legal Aid Tribunal
• Where to go for more support
  Other information and resources