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What's New
The Legal Aid Electronic Services Portal (LAESP) has been enhanced which enable legal practitioners to submit Legal Aid Panel Entry Forms electronically by using “iAM Smart+” account. Panel lawyers can submit prescribed e-reports and e-forms through LAESP by using User ID and password or “iAM Smart”.
The Legal Aid Panel Entry Form (Form LAP3 - for counsel; Form LAP1 - for solicitors) and the Data Update Form (Form LAP4 - for counsel; Form LAP2 - for solicitors) have been updated. Please click here to view the new forms
The Legal Aid Department announced today (1st January 2023) that the Typhoon and Rainstorm Warning Arrangements for Legal Aid Appeal Hearings and Legal Aid Review Hearings are revised. Please view it here.
The Legal Aid Department announced today (September 26) that starting from September 27 (Tuesday), their Civil Application and Processing Division may send messages to the civil legal aid applicants and aided persons by SMS. In case any applicants or aided persons do not wish to receive the SMS messages, they shall inform the Department in writing.
Please view it here.
Please view it here.
The Controlling Officer's Environmental Report 2021 of the Legal Aid Department has been issued. Please view it here.
The rate of interest on the Director’s First Charge registered on an aided person’s home under Section 18A (3B)(b) of the Legal Aid Ordinance, Cap. 91 changed from 1.270% to 1.250% on 1 June 2022 in line with the provisions of the Legal Aid (Charge on Property) (Rate of Interest) Regulation. The new rate will apply from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023.
Chapters 6-9 of the Manual for Legal Aid Practitioners have been updated and revised. For details, please click here.
Please view it here.
With effect from 1 March 2022, the amount of personal allowances to be deducted from income when computing an applicant's financial resources has been adjusted.
For full details of the new personal allowances, please click here.
For more information on how the financial resources of an applicant are calculated, please click here.
The limits on legal aid assignments for Legal Aid Panel lawyers have been revised and paragraph 6 of Chapter 3 of the Manual for Legal Aid Practitioners has been updated accordingly.
Please click here to view the revised limits.
Civil Litigation (2) of Litigation Division is relocated to 9/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong"
The rate of interest on the Director’s First Charge registered on an aided person’s home under Section 18A (3B)(b) of the Legal Aid Ordinance, Cap. 91 changed from 1.243% to 1.270% on 1 June 2021 in line with the provisions of the Legal Aid (Charge on Property) (Rate of Interest) Regulation. The new rate will apply from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.
Paragraph 8.1 of Chapter 9 of the Manual for Legal Aid Practitioners on engagement of experts has been updated. For details, please click here.