Index card P v A Local Authority

P v A Local Authority

Hearings

England & Wales

04 Nov 2016 [2016] EWHC 2779 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 180; [2017] 1 FLR 1589; [2016] WLR (D) 626, Fam D (Keehan J)

Subject Matter

LEGAL AID — Costs — Charge on property — Legal Aid Agency having statutory charge over claimant’s legal costs in wardship proceedings in which local authority party — Claimant later refused funding for claim against local authority for breach of human rights — Local authority admitting liability and agreeing amount of damages — Whether statutory charge applicable to human rights claim so as to extinguish damages award — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 8, Part 1, Sch I, art 8 — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 25 — Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/503) regs 5, 9

[2016] EWHC 2779 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 180; [2017] 1 FLR 1589; [2016] WLR (D) 626, Fam D

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