# The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012, Regulation 63: Criteria for determinations for investigative representation in relation to unlawful eviction cases


(1) For the purposes of a determination for investigative representation in relation to any matter described in paragraph 33(1)(b) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (the eviction from the individual’s home of the individual or others), to the extent that it relates to services provided to an individual in relation to the unlawful eviction from the individual’s home of the individual or others, the criteria in—
(a) regulations 39 (standard criteria for determinations for legal representation) and 40(1)(a) and (b) (criteria for determinations for investigative representation) apply;
(b) regulation 40(1)(c) and (2) do not apply; and
(c) paragraphs (2) and (3) apply.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), if the individual’s claim is primarily a claim for damages or other sum of money in which the likely damages do not exceed £1,000, the case must be of significant wider public interest.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), if the claim forms part of a multi-party action, only the lead claim within that action is capable of being a case of significant wider public interest.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/regulation/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-63
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