Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986

1SSubject to [F1section 14(1C) and] paragraph 2 below, civil legal aid shall not be available in proceedings which are wholly or partly concerned with defamation or verbal injury.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 1 inserted (8.2.2007) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, {arts. 71(3)(a)}, 82(2) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2007/57, art. 2(b)