Where legal aid is granted, the Director of Legal Aid may act for the aided person through lawyers employed in the Legal Aid Department or assign a solicitor or counsel selected by either the Director or the aided person. The Director maintains separate panels of counsel and solicitors who are willing to investigate, report and give opinion upon applications for legal aid and to act for aided persons, as required under the Legal Aid Ordinance.




Any counsel or solicitor holding a current practising certificate may apply to join the Legal Aid Panel, unless the Director is satisfied that there is good reason to exclude him by reason of his conduct in any particular case or of his professional conduct generally. There are more than 600 counsel and 2,000 solicitors on the Panel.




To join the Panel, a counsel or a solicitor has to complete an Entry Form (Form LAP3 - for counsel; Form LAP1 - for solicitors) giving his personal particulars and information on his experience and expertise. Counsel or solicitors already on the Panel may make use of the Data Update Form (Form LAP4 - for counsel; Form LAP2 - for solicitors) to update their data, or the Removal Form (Form LAP5) to request their names to be removed from the Panel.



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