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LEGAL AID IN CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS: A HAPPIER ENDING

April 6, 2016 · by gexall · in Committal proceedings, Members Content, Uncategorized

On the 8th March there was a short post on this blog discussing the judgment in Brown -v- London Borough of Haringey [2015] EWCA Civ 483 about the availability of legal aid in committal proceedings. This included the passage ” The…

LEGAL AID IN CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS

March 8, 2016 · by gexall · in Applications, Costs, Members Content, Uncategorized

In an earlier post I  set out the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Brown -v- London Borough of Haringey [2015] EWCA Civ 483 about the availability of legal aid in committal proceedings. This included the passage ” The question…

WAITING FOR LEGAL AID IS NOT A GOOD REASON FOR DELAY: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION

December 14, 2015 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Uncategorized

In R (Kigen) -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 1286 the Court of Appeal stated that delay caused by waiting for the Legal Aid Agency may no longer be accepted as a good reason for…

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