Publisher's Synopsis
Designed to provide the busy practitioner with basic information, "Legal Aid" gives answers to the practical problems faced by practitioners working with legal aid. It sets out the circumstances in which legal aid is available, who is eligible, what types of aid are available, and how the practitioner can be remunerated. It takes full account of the major changes resulting from the Legal Aid Act 1988 and the subsequent regulations. The main pitfalls of the scheme are highlighted and the text is clarified throughout by checklists, tables and charts. Advice is contained on using legal aid successfully and profitably.;It is aimed at solicitors; articled clerks; legal executives; law students; costs draftsmen; barristers.
