Legal Representation helps with all the costs of taking certain types of non-criminal (civil) cases to court. It includes representation by a solicitor or barrister. To get Legal Representation, you must meet certain financial conditions - see What are the financial conditions for Legal Representation, below. Your case also has to meet certain other conditions, for example, whether the Legal Services Commission (LSC) considers it reasonable to fund your case.
Also, you might only get Legal Representation for as long as it takes a solicitor to look into your case. If the solicitor doesn't think your case is strong enough, Legal Representation might be stopped.
The types of case that you might be able to get help with under Legal Representation include:
- a housing case, including eviction, repairs and rent arrears
- a debt case
- consumer problems, for example, if you were claiming compensation for faulty goods or services
- an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (but not for representation at an Employment Tribunal)
- a judicial review case in the High Court
- mental health review proceedings
- an immigration or asylum case before the First-tier Tribunal and in some High Court cases
You will get Legal Representation if you or your partner receive:
- income support
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- guarantee credit part of Pension Credit.
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