The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 41
King’s Bench Division
Rex (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor
[2024] EWHC 155 (Admin)
2023 Dec 12–14; 2024 Jan 31
Singh LJ, Jay J
Legal aid— Funding— Publicly funded work— Lord Chancellor proposing increase in solicitors’ remuneration for criminal legal aid services lower than that recommended by independent review— Whether Lord Chancellor in breach of statutory duty to secure availability of legal aid— Applicable legal test for challenge to policy or systems— Whether compliance with duty of reasonable enquiry— Whether remuneration decision irrational—
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 1