Free legal aid
Free legal aid
Everyone can be entitled to free legal aid!
Free legal aid is an offer to anyone who needs free legal aid. Everything done from the office is free. With free legal aid, it is the state that pays for the lawyer's costs at fixed rates. It is a legal aid service created by the public sector to help people to obtain the necessary legal assistance regardless of the person's finances. The offer is that the state, in whole or in part, covers expenses and costs incurred in connection with legal assistance, in and out of court proceedings. Free legal aid is given as free legal advice, free litigation or exemption from court fees. In some cases, free legal aid can be provided regardless of the person's income and assets, while in other cases, free legal aid is provided to those with low income and assets. Below are examples of cases that can provide free legal aid.
Examples of cases that can provide free legal aid:
Divorce / separation between spouses
Dissolution / break-up of cohabitants
Parental disputes and child distribution
Compensation for personal injury
Appeal against decision from NAV (not social benefit)
In cases of termination of tenancy
In cases of termination of employment
In cases of compensation for victims of violence that are not covered in other ways
Examples of cases that give you free legal aid regardless of income and wealth:
The person who is to report sexual abuse, abuse and morality crimes
Anyone who has been subjected to violence
The one who is charged in a criminal case
In child welfare cases after a decision has been made
in cases before the Control Commission for Mental Health Care and court cases concerning discharge from compulsory mental health care
in cases of military denial
in cases of forced marriage
in cases where a victim of violence demands compensation from the perpetrator
in cases of damages for unjustified prosecution
to assess the review in a case of human trafficking
In some immigration cases
In cases under the Children Act where the child is appointed a lawyer according to the Children Act § 65.
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