The Weekly Law Reports
[2025] 1 WLR 3740
King’s Bench Division
*Rex (HJK and others) v Director of Legal Aid Casework
[2025] EWHC 774 (Admin)
2025 March 5, 6; April 1
Calver J
Legal aid— Availability— Civil legal aid— Claimants applying for exceptional case funding for purpose of obtaining legal advice and assistance in seeking compensation as victims of human trafficking— Whether refusal to grant exceptional case funding breaching claimants’ Convention rights— Whether right not to be held in slavery or servitude engaged— Whether right to respect for private and family life engaged— Whether right to fair trial breached—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 4, 6, 8
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 10(3)(a)