Our contact details

Our postal address is:

The Scottish Legal Aid Board
44 Drumsheugh Gardens
Edinburgh
EH3 7SW

Our telephone number is 0131 226 7061. Calls by BT Text Direct are welcome.

Our website address is: www.slab.org.uk

Our email address is: general@slab.org.uk

To find out more about legal aid and if you may qualify, or where to find a legal aid solicitor or order our leaflets you can also call our Legal Aid Helpline on 0845 122 8686. Its open 7 days a week 7am to 11pm. (Please note that we do not provide legal advice. )

• If you are a member of the legal profession, you should read our specific contact information about applications mail.
  
• If you need directions to find the Board, go to how to find us.
  
  
• If you are visiting us and have a disability and have any particular access needs, read more information on access to our building.
  
  
• You can find out about our opening times and dates when we are closed for public holidays
  
  

Who to contact at the Board

• If you are a legal profession or looking to contact a specific person at the Board, you should read our staff directory, which includes email and direct telephone numbers
  
  
• If you have applied for legal aid, or you have received a letter from the Board that you want to talk to someone about, it is best if you write or phone us giving us your legal aid reference number. This way we can make sure you are put through to the person who is dealing with your case. 
  
  
• If your enquiry relates to an application, but you do not have a reference number, or do not know what it is, ask for our Civil or Criminal Applications Department, depending on the type of case.
  
  
• If you have a problem about money you have been told you must pay to the Board, you should contact our Treasury Department.
  
  
• If you have a complaint about the way you have been treated, please write to the Director of the department concerned, or ask us for a copy of our complaints leaflet.
  
  
• If you are not sure who to contact, or if you want to make a general enquiry, please contact our Communications office who will try to help you or, if they cannot, to pass you on to the appropriate department.
  
  
• We will be pleased to answer any questions we can about legal aid in Scotland. Please note, though, that we cannot answer questions about individual applications or accounts or about specific aspects of law, other than the law relating to legal aid in Scotland.
  
  
• To allow us to continue to improve our web site, we would also appreciate your comments on the content of our site. Send your comments to general@slab.org.uk.