The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 No. 480

PART 2 E+W Determinations in respect of an individual's financial resources

CHAPTER 1 E+W Financial eligibility limits and waivers

Waiver of eligibility limit in multi-party actions of significant wider public interest E+W

9.  Where an application is made for legal representation in a multi-party action which the Director considers has a significant wider public interest, the Director may, if the Director considers it equitable to do so, do one or both of the following—

(a) disapply the eligibility limits in regulations 7 and 8 in respect of those services in relation to specific issues within the multi-party action; and

(b) waive all or part of any contributions payable under regulation 44.