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  Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations - Legal Aid In Cases With Borderline Prospect of Success
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of legal aid only being provided in cases assessed to have a greater than "borderline" chance of success. 
  @ MP voted no against legal aid only being provided in cases assessed to have a greater than "borderline" chance of success. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of legal aid only being provided in cases assessed to have a greater than "borderline" chance of success. 
  
  The motion approved in this vote was:
  
  :That the draft [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111106310/part/1 Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations] 2013, which were laid before this House on 25 November, be approved.
  
  The explanatory notes associated with the regulations explain their purpose as being to: "amend the merits criteria which the Director of Legal Aid Casework must apply when determining whether an applicant qualifies for civil legal aid under Part 1 of the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/10/contents/enacted Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (âLASPOâ)]. In cases where an application for full representation is subject to an assessment of its prospects of success, it will no longer be eligible for legal aid where it is assessed as having only a âborderlineâ prospect of success."
  
  
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