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R (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor (Office of the Children's Comr intervening)

Hearings

England & Wales

15 Jul 2014 [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin); [2015] 1 WLR 251; [2015] 2 All ER 689; [2014] WLR (D) 316, DC

25 Nov 2015 [2015] EWCA Civ 1193; [2016] AC 1531; [2016] 2 WLR 995; [2017] 2 All ER 423; [2015] WLR (D) 480, CA

15 Mar 2016 (appn all) [2016] 1 WLR 2365, SC(E)

13 Jul 2016 [2016] UKSC 39; [2016] AC 1531; [2016] 3 WLR 387; [2017] 2 All ER 423; [2016] WLR (D) 384; Case details, SC(E)

Subject Matter

LEGAL AID — Availability — Civil legal services — Qualification criteria for high priority need cases — Lord Chancellor proposing delegated legislation to introduce residence test for those in most need of legal assistance — Whether proposal ultra vires primary legislation — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), ss 9(2), 41(2), Sch I, Pt I

[2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin); [2015] 1 WLR 251; [2015] 2 All ER 689; [2014] WLR (D) 316, DC

[2015] EWCA Civ 1193; [2016] AC 1531; [2016] 2 WLR 995; [2017] 2 All ER 423; [2015] WLR (D) 480, CA

[2016] UKSC 39; [2016] AC 1531; [2016] 3 WLR 387; [2017] 2 All ER 423; [2016] WLR (D) 384; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

R (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor (Office of the Children's Comr intervening) [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin); [2015] 1 WLR 251; [2015] 2 All ER 689; [2014] WLR (D) 316, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division reversed

R (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor (Office of the Children's Comr intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 1193; [2016] AC 1531; [2016] 2 WLR 995; [2017] 2 All ER 423; [2015] WLR (D) 480, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

R (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor (Office of the Children's Comr intervening) [2016] UKSC 39; [2016] AC 1531; [2016] 3 WLR 387; [2017] 2 All ER 423; [2016] WLR (D) 384; Case details, SC(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Grounds of Judicial Review - Illegality 77.8

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