2011 Act cases concerning multiple children: multiple applications by Relevant Persons or other adult individuals not required

If your client is a relevant person or other adult individual where the case concerns more than one child in sheriff court proceedings under the 2011 Act, you only require to submit one application in respect of your individual client.

In the application:

  • you will be asked for the details of the child or children who are the subject of the proceedings
  • each child will have separate Statement of Grounds, separate applications for ICSO extensions and sometimes separate Appeal Grounds relating directly to them.

However, if the cases are to be conjoined and heard together or back to back on the same date in court, then you only need to submit one application.

Benefits of this:

  • avoids duplication of costs
  • saves you time
  • avoids your client having to pay second or multiple contributions for what is, in effect, part and parcel of one court proceeding.
General – applications to us
Application directly by a child for children’s legal aid for 2011 Act children’s court proceedings

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Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

General – applications to us

Find out who you must apply to when seeking children’s legal aid for children’s court proceedings, and which court proceedings are covered under the 2011 Act.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Application directly by a child for children’s legal aid for 2011 Act children’s court proceedings

Find out how to determine if a child can apply for legal aid on their own behalf: assessing ‘general understanding of what it means to instruct a solicitor’.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

2011 Act Applications for children’s legal aid on behalf of a child

Read about who can apply for children’s legal aid on behalf of a child and relevant legislation under the 2011 Act.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

2011 Act applications for children’s legal aid by a Safeguarder

Find out about the rules on Safeguarders applying for children’s legal aid and the consequences of Safeguarders instructing another solicitor to act.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Applications for children’s legal aid by a curator ad litem

Find out if a curator can also act as solicitor for the client, if their work is covered by children’s legal aid and if a curator instruct a separate solicitor.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 where your client is a child

This page provides information on the statutory criteria we apply when assessing applications for children’s legal aid by children in sheriff court proceedings under the 2011 Act.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 where your client is a relevant person or deemed relevant person

Statutory criteria for assessing children’s legal aid (relevant or deemed relevant person as applicant) under 2011 Act: financial eligibility, reasonableness.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court appeal proceedings relating to deemed or undeemed relevant person status

Find out about the statutory application criteria for sheriff court appeal proceedings relating to deemed or undeemed relevant person status.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Statutory criteria for legal aid for sheriff court appeal proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 where a client is a section 126 individual

Statutory assessment criteria for sheriff court appeal proceedings under 2011 Act where your client is a section 126 individual, incl. effective participation.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Other rights and facilities

Find out what other rights or facilities might mean your client does not qualify financially for children’s legal aid.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Supporting information you should send with application for children’s legal aid for sheriff court proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

Information and supporting documentation you need to send with a sheriff court legal aid application for various court hearing types under the 2011 Act.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Conditions on grants of legal aid

Find out about the conditions that we may attach to grants of children’s legal aid.

Sheriff Court Applications for children’s legal aid

Review of refusal of legal aid or conditions on the grant of legal aid

Find out about how to apply for a review of our decision where legal aid is refused or granted with conditions.