Factsheet 4 – Students
DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO MAKE A LEGAL AID APPLICATION
You will be given only one opportunity to present all documents needed for your application. A decision on your application will be provided within 10 working days. Do not contact Direct Mediation Services within this period.
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Being a student
- A combined household income, from work, benefits, parental or third-party support or student loan, of less than £2657 per month
- If you are living with a new partner, we will need to make an assessment of their income as well
- Just because you get less than £2657 a month, you do not automatically qualify for Legal Aid
- Capital and savings will also be taken into account – if you have more than £8000 in savings, you will not qualify
Evidence
You need to send the following evidence for your Legal Aid application:
- Bank statements – the last four weeks’ If you have other individual or joint bank accounts, you will also need to provide statements for these for the same period. (See Photo A for an example.)
- Student Loan – the award letter stating the amount received. This will then be divided by 12 for the purposes of the assessment. See Photo B for an example.)
There are only four ways to submit your evidence
Online
We have an electronic form which you can complete by clicking here and scrolling to the bottom of the page. This is the only page on the website that you can use for submitting your application for Legal Aid
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EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE
Photo A – Bank statements
The easiest way to get your bank statements for the last four weeks is to go to your bank and ask them to print them out. If you have more than one bank and/or building society account, we need statements for all of these as well. This includes joint accounts
You may also be able to download them as a PDF
We need to see clearly:
- The four edges of the page
- Full pages
- Your full name
- Your full address
- Account number
- Period covering the last four weeks
- Page number sequence 1, 2, 3 …
DO NOT SEND SCREENSHOTS OF YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT FROM YOUR MOBILE
Photo B – Student Loan Awards Letter
We need to see clearly:
- The four edges of the page
- Full pages
- Your full name
- Your full address
- Date of the letter
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