I want to know if worth my while seeking legal aid to take civil action for $40K? NZ. Filed police complaint over a year

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You could get legal aid to pursue this by summary judgment and which is an effective way to get this resolved

Do you need help finding a lawyer who could act on this?

Did he buy a home with your loan?

I think get a judgment and then tell him he will be bankrupted unless he pays

The first step would be to apply for legal aid through your lawyer, and if you are on legal aid you can ask for the filing fees to be waived. However you will have 2 repay legal aid if you get any money out of the judgment.

The contribution to legal aid will depend on your resources, but if you have nothing they may not want anything. Your legal aid lawyer will complete the form to help. What is your income-I will be able to advise if you qualify

Do you have dependents such as children?

The threshold for legal aid is well under that unfortunately. You may be able to ask a lawyer to act on the basis of getting paid from the proceeds

Off the site I may be able to help, on the basis you pay the court filing fees, which are $350 for the summary judgment court fees

You could attach his benefit but that would mean small payments over a long period.

Ok