Megarity v D J Ryan & Sons Ltd (No 2)

Hearings

England & Wales

27 Jun 1980 [1980] 1 WLR 1318; [1980] 3 All ER 602; (1980) 124 SJ 646, CA (Lord Roskill and Ormrod LJ)

19 Feb 1981 [1982] AC 81; [1981] 2 WLR 335; [1981] 1 All ER 641; (1981) 125 SJ 167, HL(E) (Lord Diplock, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Scarman and Lord Bridge of Harwich)

Additional names

Gayway Linings Ltd v The Law Society
Megarity v The Law Society

Subject Matter

LEGAL AID — Costs — Successful unassisted party — Interlocutory appeal determined against assisted plaintiff — Court of Appeal ordering defendants' costs to be paid out of legal aid fund — Whether “proceedings … finally decided” — Legal Aid Act 1974, s 13 (1)

[1980] 1 WLR 1318

LEGAL AID — Costs — Successful unassisted party — Interlocutory appeal determined against assisted plaintiff — Court of Appeal ordering defendants' costs to be paid out of legal aid fund — Whether appeal to Court of Appeal “separate proceedings” — Whether “proceedings … finally decided” — Legal Aid Act 1974, s 13(1) — Legal Aid (Costs of Successful Unassisted Parties) Regulations 1964, reg 2 — Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1971, reg 6(1)(b)

[1982] AC 81; [1980] 1 WLR 1318; [1981] 2 WLR 335

Appellate History

Megarity v D J Ryan & Sons Ltd (No 2) [1980] 1 WLR 1318; [1980] 3 All ER 602; (1980) 124 SJ 646, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Megarity v D J Ryan & Sons Ltd (No 2) [1982] AC 81; [1981] 2 WLR 335; [1981] 1 All ER 641; (1981) 125 SJ 167, HL(E)

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