If your case is covered by a Legal Aid Ontario certificate, it is your responsibility to make sure that your certificate remains valid and up-to-date.
If you receive a communication from Legal Aid, you must respond to it promptly.
Your lawyer cannot bill Legal Aid for their services – and will have to bill you – if your certificate is cancelled or invalidated.
However, as long as you do have a certificate, your lawyer cannot accept any money from you, or from a third party, about your case.
