Legal Aid Administration in UK Law

  • R v Stratford-on-Avon District Council, ex parte Jackson
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 October 1985
    ... ... Justice Forbes was the time that she and her advisers took to obtain legal aid and then to lodge the application for leave ... 11 It ... action is so important, since "the public interest in good administration requires that public authorities and third parties should not be kept in ... ...
  • Pearce v Ove Arup Partnership and Others
    • Chancery Division
    • 29 June 2004
    ... ... were claimed contrary to the provision of regulation 46 (3) Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 ... That regulation provides as follows:- ... 56 and Ord. 57, r. 1 (8) and sections 1 and 15 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960. In any event even if such matters are not, as I ... ...
  • R v Kearney
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 15 July 1983
    ... ... Shears on his behalf now raises a further point under the Legal Aid Act 1974, and the regulations made thereunder. The point arises in ... 1968, or to appeal to that court under section 13 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 against an order or decision of the Crown Court, the ... ...
  • Hannah Susan Peasegood (Applicant (Plaintiff) v John William Hayes and Others and Another (Respondents
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 July 1988
    ... ... (instructed by Messrs Collyer-Bristow) appeared on behalf of the Legal Aid Administration ... (Transcript of the Shorthand Notes of The ... ...
  • Re F
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 14 January 1999
    ... ... MS K STEYN (instructed by Legal Depart of North Somerset Council) appeared on behalf of the Respondent ... extend time in public law cases where the interests of good administration require challenges to tribunal's decisions to be brought within limited ... ...
  • R v The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration ex parte Atholl Grant Murray
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 May 1999
    ... ... Mr Justice Laws also drew attention to the lapse of time between the date of the letter and any attempt by Mr Murray to obtain legal aid. There was then a very long period when the matter was being considered by the Legal Aid Board, and then a further considerable period after ... ...
  • R v Neville George Smith
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 27 April 1995
    ... ... ground that it was preferred outside the provisions of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933. The application, after ... 13th June, the applicant had been responsible for the discharge of legal aid certificates on four, if not five firms of solicitors, and four ... ...
  • Shulamit Mitchell v Elman Ali Mitchell
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 July 1992
    ... ... appears that at the very last moment the appellant has been denied a legal aid certificate. It passes my comprehension why that should be so, ... recently the mother, who is well qualified both in business administration and as a secretary, has been made redundant, but apparently she knew that ... ...
  • Colin Johnston v Natalie Elsie Wackett (in her capacity as executrix of the estate of Lord Sidney Albert Johnston deceased)
    • Chancery Division
    • 28 January 2022
    Final costs certificate. Costs order. Lump sum award. Costs certificate. Assessment hearing
    ... ... 1 This Part 8 claim relates to the administration of the estate of the late Sidney Albert Johnston, who died on 27 March ... -off reciprocal monetary obligations, even where there is no room for legal set-off, developed and used by masters in the Court of Chancery in giving ... ...
  • Van De Velde v Special Educational Needs Tribunal
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 18 August 1995
    ... ... Applicant, who has some experience of these matters, applied to the Legal Aid authorities for Legal Aid for his client, in order to bring judicial ... partes but most particularly to cases involving public administration, and that is the reason why very strict time limits are laid down in ... ...
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