Information about legal aid and access to justice including the types of cases where you can still get legal aid, where to find a legal aid solicitor and how to find out if you are eligible for legal aid.

Legal aid can help you pay for legal advice, family mediation or representation in court and some tribunals. Explains when and how you may be able to get legal aid and how to claim.

Legal aid could help pay for legal advice, mediation or representation in court. The legal aid checker helps you find out whether or not you could be eligible.

Find a legal aid adviser or family mediator near you.

Explains where to get free and confidential legal advice in England and Wales if you’re eligible for legal aid.

Information aimed at older people about obtaining and paying for legal advice in England and Wales. Includes a link to a factsheet about getting legal advice.

This page provides information on getting help to pay for legal costs for family matters. It explains what legal aid is, when it is available and the type of help it covers. It also provides information on the evidence needed for legal aid when sorting out arrangements for your children. 

Explains the circumstances when you may be eligible for legal aid if you have experienced domestic abuse and the evidence you will need to show.

Explains what types of cases you might be able to get legal aid for, if you have been a victim of domestic abuse or violence, and what evidence you will need to show.

If you’re arrested, you’ll usually be taken to a police station, held in custody in a cell and then questioned. Information about being charged, your rights on arrest, and what happens next.

If you have a case for which legal aid is not normally available, the only way that you will be able to get legal aid is if you are granted exceptional case funding. It is possible to apply for ECF without help from a solicitor or adviser. This guide is intended to help you work out if this is something you want to do, and offers an introduction to how to do it.

'McKenzie friends' is the name for someone who can encourage and help you in court if you don't have a lawyer. Includes information on the rules about what McKenzie Friends can and can't do, the pros and cons of using them, where to find them and how to make a complaint.