Legal aid

Legal aid is government funding to pay for legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer.

Legal aid is an important part of New Zealand's justice system. It helps people to resolve legal problems that may go to court and makes sure that people are not denied justice because they can't afford a lawyer.

Legal help

Find out the help you can get if you're involved in legal disputes or difficulties.

Legal help

Get legal aid

Find out if you can get legal aid, how you can apply for legal aid and how you can find a lawyer.

Get legal aid

User charge for family & civil cases

Find out about user charges for family and civil matters, including how much the user charge is and where to pay it, and when a user charge doesn't apply.

User charge for family & civil cases

Do you need to pay back your legal aid?

Find out about legal aid repayments, if you need to make repayments, how to make repayments, if there are problems with repayments and if your debt will be secured over any property you own.