A question on the funding of civil court case in Chancery Court.

[notnutnut]

As a hypothesis,if a person had funded a case in the above mentioned court with their own money for four years and,with the end in sight had almost run out of money,could the case,with court approval be switched to public funding or 'legal aid' as I believe it used to be called ? I think I remember reading a clause in the Ministry of Justice website regarding the qualifying factors in regards to the criteria required (of which there were few) stated that 'where a person is at risk of losing the roof over their heads'or something similar legal aid could be granted.If I am correct on this could a case that has been privately funded be converted to public funding at a late stage in proceedings ?

I could really do with some help here please. Thank you !

[EDDIE51]

You need to talk to your solicitor on this but as far as I know you have to get approval for public funding before the case first comes to court , I do not think they will 'take over' part way through.
Also just noticed this is a civil case, I am pretty sure that only criminal cases can be publicly funded now . Again I am not certain so ask your solicitor

[tonywiltshire]

Legal aid is still available for some, not all civil cases, personal injury being the best known for not being available for legal aid, hence the rise in conditional fee arrangements (no win no fee).
If you had a civil case that had been before the court for 4 years you would have received a number of invoices from your solicitor, which if unpaid may have caused you some difficulty. If you now wish to claim legal aid you should consult an experienced solicitor.