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Legal Aid

The Legal Aid Department provides legal representation to eligible applicants by a solicitor and, if necessary, a barrister in civil or criminal proceedings.

Legal aid is available, inter alia, to cases in the District Court, the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. It is also available for committal proceedings in the Magistrates’ Courts.

Any person, whether or not resident in Hong Kong, who is involved in the above court proceedings may apply for legal aid. Legal aid will be granted if the applicant is able to satisfy the statutory criteria as to the financial eligibility and the merits for taking or defending the legal proceedings.

For legal aid services, you can call: 2537 7677 or go to

Headquarters

24/F, Queensway Government Offices,

66 Queensway, Hong Kong.

Kowloon Branch Office

G/F, Mongkok Government Offices

30 Luen Wan Street

Mong Kok, Kowloon.

 

In a further effort to promote the legal aid services among ethnic minorities residing in Hong Kong, the Legal Aid Department has published leaflets on legal in Vietnamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Nepali, Tagalog, Thai and Urdu are now available at any offices of the Department or they can be downloaded from the Department’s website:

http://www.lad.gov.hk/eng/ppr/publication/information_leaflet.html