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BTEC LEVEL 3 UNIT 1 DISPUTE SOLVING RESOLUTION (D*) - TOPIC B -
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BTEC LEVEL 3 UNIT 1 LECTURE NOTES FOR DISPUTE SOLVING RESOLUTION EXAM: 1. SOURCES OF ADVICE 2. SOURCES OF FUNDING 3. COSTS OF A LEGAL ACTION
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– SOURCES OF FUNDING – (B2)– Topic B Civil Dispute Resolution – (EXAM) TYPES OF FUNDING
(STATE FUNDING)
1. SOURCES OF ADVICE (PG.1) - Also known as Legal Aid
- Helps in paying expenses when there is no financial help
2. SOURCES OF FUNDING (PG.1,2,3) available
- Normally free, but clients may need to contribute a fee if
they are bound by restrictions
3. COSTS OF A LEGAL ACTION (PG.4)
- Offered by organisations with contact of the Legal Aid
Agency
- Must meet; ‘Means Test’ – Income and Capital must be
– SOURCES OF ADVICE – (B1) below a certain limit
- ‘Merit Test’ – Likelihood of success and benefit for the
TYPES OF ADVICE client
- Solicitors - Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act
- Barristers 2012 (LASPO) ; introduced further cuts to the
- Citizens Advice Bureau civil//criminal legal aid system
- Law Centres - Can only provide Legal Aid where the Gov thinks it’s
- Insurance Companies necessary and meets obligations
- The Internet
(OWN RESOURCES)
- Doesn’t require any conditions to be met
- Funded through personal expenses such as; income,
savings. bank loan and loans from friends and family
(TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP)
- Doesn’t run for profit
- Provides legal services for its members
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