The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 1375
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 defendant found unfit to stand trial in criminal proceedings— Court appointing defendant’s legal representative for purposes of proceedings to determine whether defendant did acts or made omissions charged as offence— Whether representative’s costs to be ordered out of central funds or paid via advocates’ graduated fee scheme— Whether costs incurred in “criminal proceedings”—
Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c 84), s 4A
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 14
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Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/435), Sch 1, para 31