The Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Priority of Debts) (Scotland) Regulations 2010
These Regulations make the following changes:—Regulation 3 amends the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to provide that a solicitor’s right to prior payment of fees and outlays out of any property recovered or preserved for a client in respect of advice and assistance shall not apply to the first £5,338 (increased from £5,259) recovered or preserved by virtue of certain family proceedings.Regulation 4 amends the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 to provide that the requirement on a person in receipt of civil legal aid to pay the amount of any net liability of the Scottish Legal Aid Fund, shall not apply to the first £5,338 (increased from £5,259) recovered or preserved by virtue of certain family proceedings.