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You can make regular payments towards your legal aid debt by: setting up an automatic payment from your bank account agreeing to payments coming directly from your wages or benefit. Pay by automatic payment from your bank account If you have discussed a suitable payment plan with Legal Aid Debt, they will send you an automatic payment form. This form includes all the details you need. Take this form to your bank to set up your regular payments. If you want to set up the automatic payments your...
People who receive legal aid are getting high quality service from their lawyers. Every year, quality and value audits are carried out on legal aid lawyers. Findings from the latest audit of 76 lawyers are published in the report High quality legal aid service: Practice themes from 2015-16 audits. It rated 86% of lawyers audited as providing service that was acceptable or above, a score that has been steadily improving from 77% four years ago. Ministry of Justice National Service Delivery Grou...
Legal aid is government funding to pay for a lawyer for people who cannot afford one, and need one in the interests of justice. People who get legal aid may have to repay part or all of their legal aid costs. Do I need to make repayments? Legal aid is considered a loan. You may have to repay some or all of your legal aid, depending on how much you earn, what property you own and whether you receive any money or property as a result of your case. The information you give on your application form...
Criminal assignments report The assignment reports show all criminal legal aid assignments made for the period. It includes preferred, reassignments and rotational assignments. The report is broken down by Provider Approval Level (PAL). This report should not be used to compare rotational assignments between providers. The Public Defence Service is assigned 50% of all rotational assignments for the courts in which they operate. Criminal case assignment report for 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 Crim...
Guidance for lawyers applying for approval as a legal aid provider Client care information The purpose of this document is to set out the Ministry’s requirements, with respect to client care information, for lawyers seeking approval as legal aid providers. Making relevant and important information available and accessible to clients at the earliest possible time is an essential component of a quality legal aid system. The Ministry considers that the legal aid client should...
Sustainable Legal Aid F A C T S H E E T – L E G A L A I D C H A N G E S APRIL 2011 http://www.justice.govt.nz PO Box 180, Wellington, New Zealand Changes to manage legal aid spending The Government has announced changes to ensure legal aid costs are financially sustainable. Legal aid costs have increased from $111 million in 2006/07 to $172 million in 2009/10, an increase of 55%. The changes are designed to better manage legal aid expenditure, while maintaining access...