Documents Required And How To Proceed In Civil Procedures

Before scheduling an appointment with the Advocate for legal aid a person needs to present the following documents (or the applicable relative documents) to the Agency’s official at the first meeting in order for a means test to be conducted and to assess whether the person is eligible to benefit from legal aid: 

• Document from the Department of Social Security showing the income of the preceding twelve months that a person received from the State.
• FS3 of the work/s and payslips of the salaries/wages of both full-time and part-time work received during the preceding twelve months.
• Other documents relating to income from other sources such as maintenance received from the other party, health benefits (DSS), children’s allowance and others.
• Bank statements of the preceding twelve months for every account held by the person applying for legal aid service.
• Declaration of the cash on hand held by you.
• Documents related to investments held by you such as shares, bonds, insurance policies and others.
• Valid official identity card, identity document or passport.
• Documentary evidence of a legal rental contract and receipts of payments if living in a rented place.
• Court decree ordering maintenance payment to the other party and children and receipts thereof.
• Declare all the properties (moveable and immovable) held in your name and provide contracts related to same.
• Declare all the companies held in your name and provide the memorandum of articles relating to same.
• Court documents that the person applying for legal aid might have received.
• Other related documents, such as:

• for marriage separation proceedings: marriage certificate and birh certificates of the children;
•  for marriage annulment or divorce: a copy of the marriage separation deed;
• Amendments in Public Registry certificates: birth certificate / marriage certificate / death certificate;
• Issues relating to wills: a copy of the will, etc.

A meeting with the Agency officials will establish whether the person is eligible to benefit from legal aid.  If the person is eligible, an appointment is scheduled with the Legal Aid Advocate in order to discuss the case or problem under review.  The Legal Aid Advocate will inform the client whether he/she has reasonable grounds to commence proceedings or to defend themselves in the proceedings according to the case.

Appealing From A Judgement In Civil Matters

A legal aid lawyer and a legal procurator assigned to a legal aid client shall remain responsible for a cause assigned to him as aforesaid, until it is definitively concluded, even if the period of their appointment has expired.