1. Is there any charge for Shanghai’s free legal aid hotline?
Shanghai’s free legal aid hotline is free. Legal aid refers to a legal security system in which legal aid agencies established by the government or lawyers from private organizations provide legal services to people with financial difficulties or special cases, especially in rural areas. Legal aid is a social welfare undertaking that helps the poor and protects the legitimate rights and interests of vulnerable groups in society. It is also an important measure for my country to implement the strategy of governing the country according to law and comprehensively build a well-off society.
2. What is the scope of legal aid?
1. Request state compensation according to law.
2. Request social insurance benefits or minimum living security.
3. Request for pensions and relief funds.
4. Requesting payment of alimony, support, or support.
5. Request for payment of labor remuneration.
6. Claim the civil rights and interests arising from courageous acts of justice.
7. Personal injury compensation cases caused by medical accidents, traffic accidents, and work-related injuries.
8. Due to domestic violence, abuse, bigamy, etc. , a case in which the victim requested divorce and personal injury compensation.
9. The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being questioned for the first time by the investigative agency or taking compulsory measures.
10. The victim of a public prosecution case, his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted a litigation agent due to financial difficulties since the date the case was transferred for review and prosecution.
11. Since the People’s Court accepted the private prosecution case, the private prosecutor and his legal agent have not appointed a litigation agent due to financial difficulties.
12. In cases where the public prosecutor appears in court for prosecution, the defendant does not retain a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons. If the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid agency shall provide legal aid.
13. If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or the defendant may be sentenced to death but has not appointed a defender, when the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the law Aid agencies should provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial status.
3. What are the situations in which assistance is not provided?
The Legal Aid Center will not provide legal aid for the following cases or matters, including:
1. Civil lawsuits or criminal private prosecutions arising from the applicant’s fault liability that infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of others case.
2. Administrative litigation cases caused by the applicant’s fault.
3. The applicant cannot provide evidence related to litigation and cannot investigate the case to collect evidence.
4. It can be handled by administrative agencies without litigation.
5. The case and legal procedures are simple, and there is usually no need to hire legal service personnel to represent the case.
6. Cases in which legal remedies have been exhausted.
7. The applicant fails to provide supporting materials or issues false certifications to defraud legal aid.
8. Other cases that the Legal Aid Center declares will not be accepted with the approval of the competent department.
As an important part of the judicial system, legal aid provides legal help to people who lack ability and have financial difficulties, so that they can stand equally before the law and enjoy equal legal protection. The legal aid system is an inevitable product of the development of human legal civilization and legal culture to a certain stage. It is the result of the progress of national economic and social civilization and the strengthening of the concept of the rule of law.