Are people seeking for legal aid not welcomed by

[wailoktam]

lawyers? Actually I have read the web pages of law firms and confirmed that the law firms I send my enquiry to all accept legal aid. But I get no reply for my enquiries. I think lawyers can still make money from people who seek for legal aid, particularly when they are required to pay for something not completely covered by it. Am I wrong?

[misskitti7®]

nope your not wrong, just make sure the firms you are contacting do cover what it is you need help withregards x kitti x

[Barry auh2o]

Lawyers are reluctant to be so willing to take on free cases. If people think they have a valid case and want a lawyer to provide free service, suddenly the case isn't so valid when the attorney brings up the subject of a fee. Lawyers can tell if a person is serious, or if he just wants to sue to turn a quick buck. In a criminal case the court will appoint you an attorney if you cannot afford one, but this does not apply in a civil case.

[203]

Things are changing with the legal aid scheme. One of them being solicitors will be paid a fixed amount per case regardless of the potential amount of work involved for that case. I suspect that may make an increasing number of law practices ever more choosey about what they will undertake for clients using the legal aid scheme.

[Michael A]

Law firms accept legal aid quite alright. However, free legal aid in most cases are arranged by Government and the salaried lawyers involved do get paid by Government. Additionally, exceptional law firms do arrange free legal aid occasionally.Law firms do not expect income what-so-ever from free legal aid. It is therefore pointless to exchange correspondence with you on this topic.Please note that Lawyers have disciplinary committee. No lawyer will demand money illegally, more so, from financially handicapped client. The committee will NEVER take kindly to what-ever is the defence of such lawyer

[tom_p1980]

I know the lawyers where my GF works refuse people who are on legal aid. I think it's not financially viable for them or that it takes a long time to get the money. But I know for certain that they refuse it.

[JZD]

Legal aid is only available for certain types of legal work and by solicitors who meet the franchise criteria. The solicitors concerned cannot influence whether you or your case qualify for legal aid at all. It may be that you clearly don't and therefore there's no response. Or it may be the nature of your inquiry means you are not getting a response. It's odd that none of the firms reply, maybe you need to look again at your enquiry to see why.Solicitors acting under a legal aid certificate (or legal funding certificate as it is now known) are not entitled to be paid additional money 'privately;' by the assisted client to do extra work and must refuse any money offered. I'm not sure whether this answers the question but if it does, I hope it helps.

[stormydays]

Solicitor Firms have the choice whether they apply for the legal aid contract or not.......the ones who specialise in particular areas of law usually dont bother. The main reason why some dont bother is because the money can be a long time coming from the legal fund....there is also masses of paperwork to complete before, during and after a caseIf you think you are eligible you just need to look for the firms that advertise the Legal Services logoWhen you make your enquiries you need to be providing an awful lot of information such as income, savings and property value