Regulation 6: Public interest

The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013 · S.I. 2013/104View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL

For the purposes of these Regulations, a case is of significant wider public interest if the Director is satisfied that the case is an appropriate case to realise—

real benefits to the public at large, other than those which normally flow from cases of the type in question; and
benefits for an identifiable class of individuals, other than the individual to whom civil legal services may be provided or members of that individual's family.

In paragraph (1), an individual is a member of another individual's family if the requirements of section 10(6) are met.

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