For the purposes of these Regulations, the reasonable private paying individual test is met if the Director is satisfied that the potential benefit to be gained from the provision of civil legal services justifies the likely costs, such that a reasonable private paying individual would be prepared to start or continue the proceedings having regard to the prospects of success and all the other circumstances of the case.
Regulation 7: Reasonable private paying individual test
The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013 · S.I. 2013/104View on legislation.gov.uk
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