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legal aidˌlegal ˈaid noun [uncountable] - A major factor accounting for this development is the absence of legal aid for representation before tribunals.
- Best to let Mr Surkov see the duty solicitor on legal aid.
- It is important to have a clear understanding of the impact of legal aid on tribunal representation.
- The legal aid scheme developed over the decades as a means of paying for a lawyer in connection with litigation work.
- Thus the legal aid scheme permits those eligible to take the risk of litigation at the possible expense of the Fund.
- With reduced legal aid payouts and a tough new means test for applicants looming, it could spell financial disaster.
a system in which a government gives money to people who need a lawyer but cannot afford to pay for one: They have been granted legal aid and now intend to take their case to court. |