Legal aid factsheet on changes to manage legal aid spending - April 2011 [pdf, 114 KB]
...level of repayments received from legal aid clients. Eligibility criteria Eligibility tests currently look at whether the proceedings are eligible, the merits of the case and the means of the applicant. The tests differ across criminal, family, civil and Waitangi Tribunal legal aid. Eligibility criteria will be tightened to address specific areas of recent growth. This will include: Tightening the family merits test to encourage parties to resolve minor matters themselves rather th...