Public Funding / Community Legal Services Funding

Public Funding is available for most types of cases, but you must satisfy two tests, Financial & Merits, (i.e. you cannot afford to pay for your case, but you have good prospects of success - this should be more than 50%).

However, even if you qualify financially and can show your case has good prospects of success the Legal Services Commission can still refuse to grant you Public Funding if:

i) There are alternative forms of funding available to you.

ii) There is a complaint system which you should try before becoming involved in a court action.

iii) Your case has or is likely to be referred to the Small Claims track. See Small Claims

iv) The Commission considers it unreasonable to fund representation for you.