New Civil policy and guidance published for assessing financial eligibility in Adults with Incapacity (AWI) applications

4 July 2024

We’ve published our policy and decision-makers’ guidance (DMG) for assessing financial eligibility in Adults with Incapacity (AWI) applications for Civil Legal Aid as part of our GALA project.

Our approach to AWI applications is not changing.

The policies and guidance on our GALA website are intended primarily for our decision-makers for:

assessing the factors we take into consideration in applications and accounts
detailing the information we take into account and the decisions we take as a result of that information.

As part of the procedure for our GALA project, our existing AWI legal aid guidance for solicitors on the SLAB website has been reviewed and updated.

It remains the primary legal aid reference for solicitors.

More information

Please contact:

Kim Blance, Civil Finance Senior Specialist

Telephone 0131 240 2091