# The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987, Regulation 19: Notification of decision


(1) The Board shall give notice in writing of its decision to grant or, as the case may be, refuse, legal aid–
(a) to the applicant and his solicitor;
(b) unless it has determined under regulation 7(2)(b) above that notification of the application should be dispensed with or postponed, to any opponent whose address is known to it, and to any solicitor whom it knows to be acting for an opponent.
(2) Where the Board grants the application it shall give notice to the applicant of any conditions with which, by virtue of section 14(2) of the Act, he is required to comply, of the maximum sum which he may be required to contribute, and of its determination as to his actual contribution.
(3) Where the Board refuses an application it shall inform the applicant and his solicitor that the application has been refused on one or more of the following grounds, that–
(i) the Board has determined that the applicant has disposable income which makes him ineligible for legal aid;
(ii) the Board has determined that the application has disposable capital of an amount which renders him liable to be refused legal aid and that it appears to the Board that he can afford to proceed without legal aid;
(iii) the proceedings to which the application relates are not proceedings for which legal aid may be given;
(iv) it appears to the Board by virtue of the provisions of regulation 15(2), regulation 16 or, as the case may be, regulation 17 above, that legal aid should not be granted;
(v) the board is not satisfied that he hasprobabilis causa litigandi;
(vi) it does not appear to the Board that it is reasonable in the particular circumstances of the case that he should receive legal aid,
and (unless the decision follows a review of the application under section 14(3) of the Act) that the applicant may, if he so wishes, apply for such a review.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/381/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-19
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