The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 562
Queen’s Bench Division
Lord Chancellor v Ross and others
[2021] EWHC 2961 (QB)
2021 July 2, Sept 21; Nov 5
Lambert J
Crime— Costs— Power to award— Legally-aided defendants to criminal proceedings found unfit to stand trial— Court appointing legal representatives for accused for purpose of proceedings to determine whether accused doing acts or making omissions charged as offence— Whether representatives’ costs to be ordered out of central funds or paid through legal aid according to graduated fee scheme— Whether costs incurred in “criminal proceeding”—
Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c 84), s 4A
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Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c 23), s 19(1)(3)
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 14(a)
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Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1335), reg 13A
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Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007, Sch 1, para 26
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Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/435), Sch 1, para 31