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  • Verbraucherschutz, Compliance und Recht
  • Recht und Verbraucherschutz 



    	    

		    
If your personal and financial circumstances mean that you cannot afford the costs of legal proceedings, can only afford them in part or only in installments, you will receive legal aid on application if the intended legal action or legal defense offers sufficient prospect of success and does not appear to be wilful 

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Legal aid is granted if 


  • the party/parties is/are not/only partially able to pay the costs of the proceedings due to his/her personal and financial circumstances or can only pay in installments,
  • upon application
  • the intended prosecution/legal defense offers sufficient prospect of success
  • the intended prosecution/legal defense does not appear to be frivolous.

 Willfulness: if a party who is not claiming legal aid would, on a reasonable assessment of all the circumstances, refrain from pursuing or defending the legal action even though there is a reasonable prospect of success.

								    

									    Requirements
  • Informal application
  • Complete information on personal and financial circumstances using the legal aid form
  • Enclosure of copies of receipts for all income and expenditure, affidavits in lieu of an oath if applicable.

 Affirmation of truth and completeness.

								    
What documents do I need?
    
    
  • Document copies        
    Copies of all receipts and exceptions, if necessary affirmation in lieu of oath

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