Eligibility Criteria

• An applicant who passes both means test and merit test is eligible for legal aid.

• Means test – You will be eligible if your financial resources do not exceed the financial eligibility limit i.e. HK$440,800. If your financial resources exceed the financial eligibility limit, the Director of Legal Aid (the Director) may waive the limit if he is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so and subject to payment by you of a contribution on higher rates calculated in accordance with your financial resources.

  You can compute your financial resources by clicking here.

• Merits test – For trials in the District Court and the Court of First Instance, legal aid will be granted if it is desirable in the interests of justice to do so. For appeal cases, legal aid will be granted if there are reasonable grounds for appeal and it is in the interests of justice to do so.