The WLR Daily case summaries
[2016] WLR (D) 626
Family Division
P v A Local Authority
[2016] EWHC 2779 (Fam)
2016 Aug 16; Nov 4
Keehan J
Legal Aid— Costs— Charge on property— Legal Aid Agency having statutory charge over claimant’s legal costs in wardship proceedings in which local authority party— Claimant later refused funding for claim against local authority for breach of human rights— Local authority admitting liability and agreeing amount of damages— Whether statutory charge applicable to human rights claim so as to extinguish damages award—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 8, Part 1, Sch I, art 8
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 25
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Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/503) regs 5, 9