The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1981] AC 124
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
HANLON APPELLANT AND THE LAW SOCIETY RESPONDENT
[1979 H. No. 2807]
1979 May 14,
15,
16,
18;
June 21
1979 Nov. 2, 5;
Dec. 4
1980 Feb. 27, 28;
March 3, 4;
May 1
June 21
1979 Nov. 2, 5;
Dec. 4
1980 Feb. 27, 28;
March 3, 4;
May 1
Reeve J. Lord Denning M.R., Sir John Arnold P. and Donaldson L.J. Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, Lord Fraser of Tullybelton, Lord Scarman and Lord Lowry
Legal Aid— Costs— Charge on property— Property adjustment order— Divorce— House owned by husband— Legally aided wife claiming transfer— Husband disputing claim— Court ordering transfer to wife— Single legal aid certificate covering divorce proceedings and property adjustment proceedings— Whether legal aid fund entitled to charge on house— Whether house “property … recovered or preserved”— Whether recovered or preserved “in the proceedings”— Whether discretion in The Law Society to postpone enforcement of charge or accept charge on substitute security—
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 24 (1) (a)
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Legal Aid Act 1974 (c. 4), s. 9 (6)
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Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1971 (S.I. 1971 No. 62 (L. 1)) (as amended by Legal Aid (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 628), reg. 2, and Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1977 (S.I. 1977 No. 1293), reg. 7), reg. 18 (10) (c) (i)
Law Reform— Whether necessary— Legal aid— Costs— Divorce— Property adjustment order following divorce— Charge on property recovered or preserved for benefit of legal aid fund— Whether matrimonial home as sole capital asset suitable subject for charge