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⚖️ Legal Aid Guide

Can I Get Legal Aid in Scotland?

Advice and assistance, ABWOR, civil legal aid and criminal legal aid from the Scottish Legal Aid Board: the money test from 6 April 2026, passport benefits, police station advice and how to apply through a solicitor.

✅ Last verified: 2026-09-25 📚 Sources: listed at the end, each checked on the date shown 🇬🇧 Scotland

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Who this guide is for

People in Scotland who want to know if they can get legal aid to pay a solicitor for advice or to represent them. In Scotland legal aid is run by the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986. The England and Wales legal aid rules do not apply in Scotland.

What this guide does not cover

⚖ At a glance

The questions that decide the answer

  1. Where is the case? Scotland: this guide. England, Wales or Northern Ireland: see that guide.
  2. Do you need advice, or someone to represent you at a court or tribunal? These are different kinds of legal aid.
  3. Is it a criminal matter? At a police station there is no money test.
  4. Do you get a passport benefit? What are your income and savings, and your partner's?
  5. Are you or your partner 60 or over? Part of your savings may not be counted.
  6. Is it a children's hearing? That has its own scheme.

The kinds of legal aid

Advice and assistance: the money test

Civil legal aid for a court case

Police stations and criminal cases

How to apply and find a solicitor

Deadlines

Money figures

Where to go for help

Find a legal aid solicitor: SLAB's Solicitor Finder on the SLAB website, or the Law Society of Scotland on 0131 226 7411 (FindaSolicitor.scot).

Citizens Advice Scotland: 0800 028 1456

Traps

📜 Sources (checked 2026-09-25)

  • SLAB: Civil keycard in force from 6 April 2026 (advice and assistance: disposable income £245 a week, disposable capital £1,716 whatever passport benefit, passport benefits IS / income-related ESA / income-based JSA / UC, seven-day income period, partner's resources, capital not counted: home, furniture and clothing, tools of trade, subject matter of dispute; pensionable age 60+ disregard; no financial test at a police station for a s44 consultation or s32 interview under Part 1 Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016) - checked 25 Sep 2026
  • SLAB: Criminal keycard and Children's keycard in force from 6 April 2026 (same advice and assistance limits; children's legal assistance for Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 proceedings)
  • SLAB public guidance (you must have a solicitor to apply; applications from a solicitor registered to provide legal aid; Solicitor Finder) + EU e-Justice portal Scotland factsheet (types of legal assistance; SLAB accepts applications only from a solicitor)
  • Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 s17 as on SLAB's legislation pages (expenses recovered paid to the Board)
  • Law Society of Scotland: Find a Solicitor, 0131 226 7411
  • Reused from earlier specs: Citizens Advice Scotland 0800 028 1456
⚠ Important disclaimer: This guide covers legal aid in Scotland as at 2026-09-25. General legal information only, not legal advice. ukworkrights.co.uk — Not a law firm.

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