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Final decisions and responses to family and civil application form
6 November 2017
The Legal Services Commissioner, Bryre Patchell has published and finalised the new family and civil legal aid application form. The document below includes a summary of the feedback provided by you and our final decisions and details on the implementation date.
A message from Bryre is included in the document and in conjunction we want to say thank you to everyone who engaged with the review and who has provided us with feedback throughout this process.
A YouTube video is also available, which also covers consultation themes, changes to the form by sections, and how grants officers will be processing the form.
The new form is now available in editable PDF, a link is provided below.