Year 2015 - 2016
Year 2014 - 2015
Year 2013 - 2014
Year 2012 - 2013


Papers

Legal aid services

Year 2015 - 2016



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(4)604/15-16(05) Home Affairs Bureau's paper on "Proposed Increase of Criminal Legal Aid Fees" 22 February 2016
CB(4)866/15-16(01) Legal Aid Department provides information on the distribution of criminal legal aid cases assigned to counsel on the Legal Aid Panel respectively each year in the past five years 22 February 2016
CB(4)866/15-16(02) Legal Aid Department provides information on the distribution of criminal legal aid cases assigned to solicitors on the Legal Aid Panel respectively each year in the past five years 22 February 2016
CB(4)641/15-16(01) Submission on "Review of criminal legal aid fees" from the Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only) 22 February 2016
CB(4)604/15-16(06) Updated background brief on "Review of criminal legal aid fees" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat 22 February 2016


Year 2014 - 2015



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(4)378/14-15(01) Letter from Hon TANG Ka-piu dated 15 January 2015 requesting to discuss the assignments of lawyers to legally aid persons by the Legal Aid Department (Chinese version only) 26 January 2015
CB(4)493/14-15(04) Administration's paper entitled "Proposed amendment of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources and Contributions) Regulations (Cap. 91B) and adjustment of the financial eligibility limits of the Ordinary and Supplementary Legal Aid Schemes" 16 February 2015
CB(4)658/14-15(03) Administration's paper on "Provision of legal aid and assignments of lawyers to legally aided persons by the Legal Aid Department" 23 March 2015
CB(4)658/14-15(04) Background brief on "Provision of legal aid and assignment of lawyers to legally aided persons by the Legal Aid Department" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat 23 March 2015
CB(4)1511/14-15(01) Home Affairs Bureau's response to the information requested by members concerning "Provision of legal aid and assignments of lawyers to legally aided persons by the Legal Aid Department" 23 March 2015


Year 2013 - 2014



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(4)822/13-14(06) Administration's paper on "Progress Report on the Review of the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme and Operation of the Two-year Pilot Scheme to Provide Legal Advice for Litigants in Person" 24 June 2014
CB(4)822/13-14(05) Administration's paper on "The Legal Aid Services Council's Recommendations on the Independence of Legal Aid" 24 June 2014
CB(4)822/13-14(07) Paper on "Implementation of the measures to strengthen the governance and operational transparency of the Legal Aid Department" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief) 24 June 2014
CB(4)854/13-14(01) Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association on "The need and benefits of having an independent legal aid authority" (English version only) 24 June 2014


Year 2012 - 2013



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(4)40/12-13(02) Letter dated 28 September 2012 from the Hong Kong Bar Association enclosing its "Open Statement on the Desirability of an Independent Legal Aid Authority" 24 October 2012
CB(4)186/12-13(01) Submission on further expansion of the scope of the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme from the Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only) 27 November 2012
CB(4)534/12-13(01) Administration's paper on the outcome of the 2012 annual review of financial eligibility limits of legal aid applicants 23 April 2013
CB(4)639/12-13(01) Letter from Hon Dennis KWOK dated 7 May 2013 requesting to invite organizations to give views on the issue of "Future development of legal aid in Hong Kong" (Chinese version only) 28 May 2013
CB(4)983/12-13(01) Administration's paper on "Legal Aid Costs" 25 June 2013
CB(4)747/12-13(03) Executive summary of the report of the consultancy study on the feasibility and desirability of establishing an independent legal aid authority issued in March 2013 (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)747/12-13(02) Letter from the Legal Aid Services Council to the Chief Executive dated 30 April 2013 on independence of legal aid (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)747/12-13(01) Letter from the Legal Aid Services Council to the Chief Executive dated 27 May 2013 on independence of legal aid (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)830/12-13(01) Submission on "Establishment of an independent legal aid authority" from Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)825/12-13(01) Submission on "Establishment of an independent legal aid authority" from Legal Aid Department Law Clerks Association (Chinese version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)794/12-13(07) Submission on "Establishment of an independent legal aid authority" from Miss Josephine PINTO (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)794/12-13(06) Submission on "Establishment of an independent legal aid authority" from The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Rights & Benefits Committee (Chinese version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)794/12-13(05) Submission on "Establishment of an independent legal aid authority" from The Law Society of Hong Kong (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)836/12-13(01) Submission on the "Establishment of an independent legal aid authority" from the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor (English version only) 25 June 2013
CB(4)794/12-13(04) Updated background brief on "The establishment of an independent legal aid authority" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat 25 June 2013
CB(4)849/12-13(01) Administration's information paper on "The Biennial Review of Criminal Legal Aid Fees, Prosecution Fees and Duty Lawyer Fees" 23 July 2013