CIVIL
Completing the online mandates:
- You can use the main mandate when you are seeing a client away from your office or a PC.
- When you return to the office, complete the application online using the information recorded in the mandate.
- Retain the signed and dated mandate on file.
Civil legal aid mandate form (CIV /LAO)
Civil legal aid data capture form
Civil legal aid category codes – special urgency and full application (CIV LAO Category Codes)
Civil legal aid transfer mandate (CIVTR/LAO)
Completing the online client mandate:
• In all cases a civil legal aid mandate (CIV/LAO) must be completed and signed.
• You are still required to provide the statutory statement online and your client is agreeing to this by signing the mandate.
• The client’s/partner’s signature is also required on the mandate where an online financial assessment form 1 is being completed.
• The mandate also covers you for any review or amendment applications.
• You complete the application online using the information recorded in the mandate
• Retain the signed and dated mandate on file
Using the civil legal aid data capture form:
• This allows you to collect the information that you may require to complete the application online.
• You do not need to keep a paper copy.
Transfers:
The civil transfer mandate must be used to obtain the client's signature to be retained on file before completing the application online.
Financial Eligibility - Form 2:
The new, shorter financial eligibility form, CIV/FIN/2 is available to download from this website on the Forms page. The new format allows you to send the form to your client for completion electronically but the form must be signed by the applicant before it is scanned and then sent to us as an online attachment or with the barcode sheet to send by post.
Please see our Forms page for the new CIV/FIN/2 form.
Other languages:
The following mandates are available in Polish:
CIV/LAO
CIVTR/LAO
Please contact Communications on 0131 240 2034 about mandates in other languages.
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