You do not need to use CCMS and may complete the CIV APP 1: application for civil legal aid certificate form instead. You will also need to provide the relevant civil means assessment form.
Civil legal aid application forms:
CIV APP 1 – the application for legal aid must be made using this form.
CIV MEANS1 – should accompany the CIV APP 1 if your client does not receive a passported benefit. More information about making applications on behalf of prisoners is available in paragraph 9.4 of the Civil Means Assessment Guidance.
CIV MEANS 1P – this supplementary form should be provided with the CIV MEANS 1 if your client is a prisoner. You will also need to provide the last 3 months’ Prisoner Income and Expenditure Statements (PIES) for any prison account held.
CIV MEANS 2 – should accompany the CIV APP 1 if your client receives a passported benefit.
CIV MEANS 4 – should accompany the CIV APP 1 if your client is under 16 years of age.
All civil legal aid application forms are accessible via the following guidance Legal aid: Forms (including Welsh forms / ffurflenni Cymraeg) – detailed information.
CIV APP 1: application for civil legal aid certificate form
| Page 1 | Provide your client’s details. |
| Page 2 | Equal Opportunities and Disability information is optional. |
| Page 3 | Provide your contact details and information about previous legal aid received by your client. |
| Page 4 | Confirm client involvement and the proceedings within which your client requires representation. Tick ‘Full Representation’. |
| Page 5 | Provide information on your client’s prospects of success – see page 10 for more information on prospects of success. |
| Page 6 | Provide details of your estimated costs. |
| Page 7 | Provide the opponent and other interested parties’ details. |
| Page 8 | Provide details about suitability for Conditional Fee Agreements and Before the Event Insurance. |
| Page 9 | Provide details of alternatives to litigation. |
| Page 10 | Statement of Case. You may attach the statement of case as a separate document – see page 10 for more information on the statement of case. |
| Page 11 | Complete page 11 if you believe the case includes a ‘significant wider public interest’ or if you are contending the case has ‘overwhelming importance to the individual’ – Reference should be made to the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013. |
| Page 12 | You do not have authorisation to grant funding under delegated functions. |
| Page 17 | Provide authorised litigator and client signatures. |
Email completed forms to LAAassociatedcivilapplications@justice.gov.uk.