Gerard Baden-Clay parts ways with lawyers: reports Slain woman Allison Baden-Clay. Accused wife killer Gerard Baden-Clay may have sought Legal Aid funding after parting ways with his high-profile solicitors, according to reports. Mr Baden-Clay approached Legal Aid Queensland after his Gold Coast-based solicitors Jacobson Mahony Lawyers withdrew their services, News Ltd reported on Tuesday. Solicitor Darren Mahony could not be reached by Fairfax Media for comment on Tuesday morning. Gerard Baden-Clay. A spokeswoman for Legal Aid Queensland declined to comment on the reports. "I cannot disclose whether someone has applied for or has been granted legal aid, as the Legal Aid Queensland Act prevents us from doing this," she said. Gerard Baden-Clay, the great-grandson of famed Scout movement founder Robert Baden-Powell, is charged with the murder of his wife Allison at their home in the leafy Brisbane hamlet of Brookfield in April last year. Mrs Baden-Clay's body was found on the banks of Kholo Creek on April 30, 10 days after she was reported missing. Her cause of death has never been determined. Mr Baden-Clay, a former real estate agent, was charged with her murder in June last year. On the final day of a committal hearing in March, Mr Baden-Clay professed his innocence saying, "I am not guilty your honour." If Mr Baden-Clay was to receive Legal Aid funding, the organisation could recover its costs by seizing the accused killer's assets. "Both Commonwealth and Queensland legislation allows Legal Aid Queensland to recover the costs of providing legal aid from restrained or confiscated property," the spokeswoman said. The Federal Court is holding nearly $800,000 in trust from two life insurance polices for Mrs Baden-Clay until her husband faces trial. Mr Baden-Clay remains on remand in prison, while his three young daughters are in the care of their maternal grandparents, Priscilla and Geoff Dickie. Mr Baden-Clay will stand trial in the Supreme Court on a date to be set.