Index card R (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor

R (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor

Hearings

England & Wales

31 Jan 2024 [2024] EWHC 155 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 3097; [2024] 4 All ER 211; [2024] WLR(D) 41, DC (Singh LJ, Jay J)

Subject Matter

LEGAL AID — Funding — Publicly funded work — Lord Chancellor proposing increase in solicitors’ fees for criminal legal aid services — Increase lower than that recommended by independent review — Whether Lord Chancellor breaching statutory duty to secure availability of legal aid — Whether Lord Chancellor breaching duty of reasonable enquiry — Whether Lord Chancellor acting irrationally — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 1

[2024] EWHC 155 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 3097; [2024] 4 All ER 211; [2024] WLR(D) 41, DC

Commentary

Legal Futures
Criminal legal aid “coming apart at the seams”, High Court says Case news

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