The Weekly Law Reports
[1981] 2 WLR 335
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
MEGARITY AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS AND THE LAW SOCIETY APPELLANTS
[On appeal from MEGARITY v. D. J. RYAN & SONS LTD. (NO.2)]
GAYWAY LININGS LTD. RESPONDENT AND THE LAW SOCIETY APPELLANTS
1981 Jan. 21,
22,
26;
Feb. 19
Feb. 19
Lord Diplock, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Scarman and Lord Bridge of Harwich
Legal Aid
— Costs
— Successful unassisted party
— Interlocutory appeal determined against assisted plaintiff
— Court of Appeal ordering defendants' costs to be paid out of legal aid fund
— Whether appeal to Court of Appeal “separate proceedings”
— Whether “proceedings … finally decided”
— District registrar's order striking out defence and entering judgment for plaintiffs
— Assisted defendant's appeal to judge in chambers dismissed
— Judge ordering plaintiffs' costs to be paid out of legal aid fund
— Whether judge in chambers “appellate court”
— Whether district registrar “court of first instance”
—
Legal Aid Act 1974 (c. 4), ss. 13 (1) (3), 14 (1) (a) (5)
[1]
—
Legal Aid (Costs of Successful Unassisted Parties) Regulations 1964 (S.I. 1964 No. 1276), reg. 2
[2]
—
Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1971 (S.I. 1971) No. 62 (L. 1)), reg. 6 (1) (b)
[3]