# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 29: Refusal where advantage trivial or on account of nature of proceedings


Without prejudice to regulations 28 and 32, an application may be refused where it appears to the Area Director that–
(a) only a trivial advantage would be gained by the applicant from the proceedings to which the application relates, or
(b) on account of the nature of the proceedings a solicitor would not ordinarily be employed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-29
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