This act aims to make legal aid and advice in Trinidad and Tobago readily available for persons of small or moderate means, to enable the cost of legal aid or advice granted to persons to be defrayed wholly or partly out of moneys provided by Parliament.

The Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago recognizes access to information and participation within the framework of the freedoms of expression, assembly and association. Constitutional guarantees are provided for in case of infringement of such rights and freedoms.