A District Court judge will normally refuse to grant a legal aid certificate in the following circumstances:
- Where the judge is of the view that the matters before the court are not serious enough. For example, road traffic offences and other minor offences
- Where the judge is of the view that you have enough means to pay for your own legal representation
- Extradition proceedings
- Most judicial review proceedings.
In some cases however, where a Legal Aid Certificate is not available, a person may be entitled to apply for free legal representation under another scheme such as the the Attorney Generals Scheme.
