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PART 3 AVAILABILITY OF FORMS OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES
20.Provision of the most appropriate form of civil legal services
22.Immigration and terrorism prevention and investigation measures etc
23.Special Immigration Appeals Commission, immigration: accommodation for asylum-seekers etc and victims of trafficking in human beings
25.Victims of domestic violence and family matters: family help (lower)
26.Public law children cases and special Children Act 1989 cases
27.Victims of domestic violence and family matters: help with family mediation
PART 4 GENERAL MERITS CRITERIA
38.Criteria for determinations for help with family mediation
39.Standard criteria for determinations for legal representation
40.Criteria for determinations for investigative representation
42.Cost benefit criteria for determinations for full representation
43.Prospects of success criterion for determinations for full representation
44.Multi-party action damages criterion for determinations for full representation
46.Criteria for determinations for family help (higher) or legal representation provided as emergency representation
PART 5 APPLICATION OF THE MERITS CRITERIA
47.Application of the merits criteria in cases described in more than one paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act
48.Application of the merits criteria in exceptional inquest cases
49.Application of the merits criteria in cases which are exceptional cases excluded from Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act
50.Application of the merits criteria in cases which are exceptional cases other than by virtue of the exclusions in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act
PART 6 SPECIFIC MERITS CRITERIA
53.Standard criteria for determinations for legal representation in relation to public law claims
54.Standard criteria for determinations for investigative representation in relation to public law claims
55.Criteria for determinations for investigative representation in relation to public law claims
56.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to public law claims
56A.Criteria for determinations in relation to Dublin III claims
CHAPTER 3 Claims against public authorities
57.Criteria for determinations for investigative representation in relation to claims against public authorities
58.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to claims against public authorities
59.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to claims against public authorities: multi-party action damages criterion
61.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to court orders for possession
62.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to other housing matters to which specific merits criteria apply
63.Criteria for determinations for investigative representation in relation to unlawful eviction cases
64.Standard criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to certain family disputes
65.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to special Children Act 1989 cases and certain cases relating to EU and international agreements
66.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to public law children cases
67.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to domestic violence cases
68.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to private law children cases and certain cases relating to EU and international agreements
69.Criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to other family cases to which specific merits criteria apply
70.Criteria for determinations in relation to the EU Maintenance Regulation
71.Criteria for determinations in relation to the 2007 Hague Convention
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