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Legal aid, public defenders, pro bono and the right to legal assistance — with the statistics on unmet legal need where they exist.
Programmes
34 records
Programmes
Aide juridictionnelle (Service-Public.fr)
Official eligibility checker. Covers: civil, criminal, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Check if you can get legal aid (GOV.UK)
Official eligibility checker — England and Wales. Covers: civil, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
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Commission des services juridiques
Legal aid authority — Québec. Covers: civil, criminal, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Federal Public and Community Defenders
Public defender. Covers: criminal. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Het Juridisch Loket
Public legal advice service. Covers: civil, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Legal Aid ACT
Legal aid authority — Australian Capital Territory. Covers: civil, criminal, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Legal Aid Agency
Legal aid authority — England and Wales. Covers: civil, criminal, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Legal Aid Alberta
Legal aid authority — Alberta. Covers: criminal, family, immigration. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
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Legal Aid BC
Legal aid authority — British Columbia. Covers: criminal, family, immigration. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Legal Aid Board
Legal aid authority. Covers: civil, family, criminal. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Legal Aid Bureau
Legal aid authority. Covers: civil, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Programmes
Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania
Legal aid authority — Tasmania. Covers: civil, criminal, family. Eligibility is decided by the body itself.
Forms
1,382 records
Forms
AF2: advocate graduated fee redetermination form
Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme: redetermination form for items in dispute.
Forms
Absent owner application form: Form T362
Use this form to make an absent owner application.
Forms
Accused: Apply to the court to consider whether to prevent (prohibit) questioning (cross-examination) in person: Form EX741
Use this form if you have been accused of abuse, to provide information to the court and apply to the court to prevent questioning, or being questioned by, the other party at a hearing.
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Accuser: Apply to the court to consider whether to prevent (prohibit) questioning (cross-examination) in person: Form EX740
Use this form if you have accused someone of abuse, to provide information to the court and apply to the court to prevent questioning, or being questioned by, the other party at a hearing.
Forms
Acknowledge service of a CPR Part 20 claim in the Commercial Court: Form N213(CC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim under Part 20 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) in the Commercial Court.
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Acknowledge service of a CPR Part 20 claim in the London Commercial Court: Form N213(LCC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim under Part 20 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) in the London Commercial Court.
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Acknowledge service of a CPR Part 20 claim in the Regional Commercial Court (N213 RCC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim under Part 20 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) in the Regional Commercial Court.
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Acknowledge service of a CPR Part 8 claim in the Commercial Court: Form N210(CC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim under Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) in the Commercial Court.
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Acknowledge service of a CPR Part 8 claim in the London Commercial Court: Form N210(LCC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim under Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) in the London Commercial Court.
Forms
Acknowledge service of a CPR Part 8 claim in the Regional Commercial Court (N210 RCC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim under Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) in the Regional Commercial Court.
Forms
Acknowledge service of a claim in the Commercial Court: Form N9(CC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim in the Commercial Court.
Forms
Acknowledge service of a claim in the London Commercial Court: Form N9(LCC)
Use this form to acknowledge service of a claim in the London Commercial Court.
Remedies
1 recordsRights
4 records
Rights
Access to justice for persons with disabilities
Including procedural and age-appropriate accommodations.
Rights
Right to a fair trial
A fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal; presumption of innocence; minimum guarantees in criminal cases.
Rights
Right to legal assistance
In a criminal case, to defend oneself in person or through legal assistance of one's choosing, and to have it assigned without payment where the interests of justice require and the person cannot pay.
Rights
Right to liberty and security
No arbitrary arrest or detention; anyone arrested must be told why and brought promptly before a judge; anyone detained may take proceedings to test its lawfulness.
Treaties
3 records
Treaties
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Environmental information, participation and access to justice.
Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Civil and political rights: life, liberty, fair trial, privacy, expression, assembly, equality before the law.
Treaties
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Environmental access rights and protection of environmental defenders.
Statistics
Recent events
- Escazú Agreement entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
- Aarhus Convention entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
- ICCPR entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
Areas of law
What we do not have yet
- No legislation in the corpus is tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
- No court decisions in the corpus are tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
- None of this domain's statistical indicators has data loaded yet.
A gap is reported, not hidden: an empty section here means nothing is loaded, not that nothing exists.
Sources ICCPR art. 14(3)(d); national legal-aid statutes in LawAtlas