Access to Justice in the South West 2021 – Funding and referring cases

Funding and referring cases

This session will primarily look at legal aid funding: What is in scope or out of scope, Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) and practicalities around whether there is a referral route for your client’s case.   The session will also look at making a referral attractive to a local or accessible legal aid provider. The session includes:

• Means regulations (The means test)
• Not taking on cases where there is funded legal assistance available
• Making an ECF application generally and in specific areas such as family, immigration or SEND
• Experience of law clinics in the South west

Rosie Brennan, Plymouth University (download slides)
Emily Gent, Access Social Care (download slides)
Emma Marshall, Exeter University and Public Law Project
Kate Pasfield, Legal Aid Practitioner Group (download slides)