Legal Aid

I am not sure if this answers your question but it might help. Legal Aid usually has a reason for refusing there services such as you don't fit the income guidelines. I don't think it is against your Human rights. You do however have steps you could take to try and get the decision overturned such as: You can ask the LSA to reconsider its decision or appeal to the Legal Aid Review Panel, or both. For example, you could challenge: a decision rejecting your application for legal aid a decision about the amount of legal aid you’re granted a decision about the amount of contribution you’re required to pay You or your lawyer can ask the LSA to reconsider if it refuses to grant you legal aid, or if you’re unhappy with some other decision it has made. You should go to the same LSA office that you’ve been dealing with. But the person who reconsiders the issue won’t be the person who made the original decision. They can consider any new information that you supply. It usually takes about 15 working days for the LSA to reconsider its decision. You could go to this website for further information http://www.lsa.govt.nz/general/lag/lag_home.htm I hope this was helpful to you.