WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991
10
MEANS TESTED
THE CRITERIA
AT PRESENT, AN APPLICANT IS CAPITAL AND INCOME, AND HAS TO SATISFY BEFORE HE IS ELIGIBLE.
THIS SYSTEM WORKS
ΤΟ THE DISADVANTAGE
ON HIS SEPARATELY
OF BOTH TESTS
A OF
PERSON WHOSE AND OR CAPITAL,
OF FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL RESOURCES CONSIST MAINLY OF EITHER INCOME
MAY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT THOSE WHO OF IN FAVOUR RESOURCES BUT SPREAD BETWEEN BOTH INCOME AND CAPITAL.
MR TSAO POINTED
OUT THAT HIS
ANOMALY
WAS REMOVED
BY THE
PROVISIONS IN THE BILL.
HE SAID: "UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, AN APPLICANT WILL ACCORDING TO HIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS SUM OF HIS DISPOSABLE INCOME AND CAPITAL.
NOT DOES
FIGURE AGGREGATE "IF THE APPLICANT WILL BE ELIGIBLE ON MEANS GROUNDS CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES."
BE ASSESSED BEING THE
THE $120,000 EXCEED FOR LEGAL AID IN BOTH
NO
IS
MR TSAO SAID A NEW GRADUATED SCALE OF CONTRIBUTION WILL ALSO BE
UNDER THE NEW SCALE, INTRODUCED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING SCALE.
FINANCIAL CAPACITY CONTRIBUTION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHOSE $50,000 OR LESS.
REASONABLE
GROUNDS FOR
THE DIRECTOR INSTITUTING
HOWEVER, AN APPLICANT WILL STILL HAVE TO SATISFY
HE HAS THAT OF LEGAL AID PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES.
THE LAW WHEREBY POTENTIAL
IN LOOPHOLE THE BILL ALSO SEEKS TO CLOSE A SOME APPLICANTS DELIBERATELY FAIL TO MAXIMISE THEIR EARNING
MR ELIGIBILITY, SO AS TO BRING THEMSELVES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SAID.
TSAO
AN WHILST
OUT
OF LEGAL DIRECTOR THE "THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO PROVIDE
FOR LEGAL AID FROM AID WITH AUTHORITY TO REFUSE AN APPLICATION
EMPLOYMENT OBTAIN GAINFUL APPLICANT WHO MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF HIS LEGAL AID APPLICATION, OR WHO REMAINS
MONTHS AFTER SUBMITTING OF HONG KONG FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF SIX
IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS AN APPLICATION FOR LEGAL AID, 50 AS TO MAKE IT HIS ELIGIBILITY,
GUIDELINES TO ENSURE
"THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID WILL DRAW UP THAT THE DISCRETION WILL BE EXERCISED FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY, NO GENUINE CASES WILL BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL TO THE
REGISTRAR,
REFUSAL WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE.
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AND THAT RIGHT DIRECTOR'S
THE STATUTORY
THE AGAINST
THERE
SUPPLEMENTARY
IS
A ALSO
CLAUSE SCHEME ALD LEGAL
PROPOS ING 'FO COVER
AN EXTENSION
EMPLOYEES'
то THE COMPENSATION
CLAIMS.
AT PRESENT AN
APPLICANT
THE SUPPLEMENTARY
SCHEME WHO IS SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR HIS CLAIM FOR EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, ALTHOUGH LEGAL AID FOR THE SUBSEQUENT COMMON LAW CLAIN.
UNDER
LEGAL AID
INJURIES CANNOT BE ASSISTED
HE IS
ELIGIBLE
IN FOR
"SINCE THE