{"id":52,"date":"2026-09-29T16:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/legal-aid\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:46:23","slug":"legal-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/legal-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Family legal aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-hero\"><div class=\"wrap page-hero-grid\"><div class=\"page-hero-copy\">\n  <div class=\"breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/\">Fahri Jacob<\/a> \/ Legal aid<\/div>\n  <h1>Legal aid for family matters.<\/h1><p>Public funding may be available for certain family cases. Eligibility depends on the type of proceedings and, in many cases, financial and merits assessments.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"page-hero-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/family-law-editorial-1.jpg\" alt=\"A quiet consultation table set beside a sunlit London window\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/figure><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"wrap content-layout\">\n<aside class=\"side-card\"><p><span class=\"eyebrow\">Check eligibility<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bring any court papers and information about urgent dates when you contact us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/check-legal-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use the GOV.UK checker \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside><div class=\"prose\"><h2>When legal aid may be available<\/h2>\n<p>Legal aid can be available for qualifying matters involving domestic abuse, children, protective injunctions and proceedings brought by a local authority. The rules differ between types of case.<\/p>\n<h3>Care proceedings<\/h3>\n<p>A parent or person with parental responsibility may qualify for non-means-tested legal aid in specified care and supervision proceedings. Other parties may be subject to different rules.<\/p>\n<h3>Private family matters<\/h3>\n<p>For some disputes involving children or relationship breakdown, evidence and financial eligibility requirements may apply. We will explain what information is needed after hearing about your circumstances.<\/p>\n<h2>Privately funded advice<\/h2>\n<p>If legal aid is not available, ask us about privately funded work and whether a defined first step or agreed fee may be suitable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"note\">This page provides general information only. Eligibility is determined under the legal-aid rules applying to the individual case.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"cta-band\"><div class=\"wrap cta-inner\"><h2>Ask whether legal aid may be available.<\/h2><div class=\"cta-actions\">\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"tel:+442083474070\">Call 020 8347 4070<\/a><a class=\"button secondary\" href=\"mailto:enquiries@fahrijacobsolicitors.co.uk\">Email our team<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about possible legal aid for family matters at Fahri Jacob Solicitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fahrijacob.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/headless-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}