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Southwark Law Centre, Regina (on the Application of) v Legal Services Commission: Admn 20 Jul 2007

In each case, the legal aid claimants had been refused legal aid on financial grounds. They were in dispute with their landlords, and were withholding rent. The respondents included the unpaid rent in their income, so disallowing the applications. Held: The Commission was wrong. The wording was that they should deduct the ‘rent payable’ not … Continue reading Southwark Law Centre, Regina (on the Application of) v Legal Services Commission: Admn 20 Jul 2007

Richards v The Legal Services Commission: Admn 19 Jul 2006

The claimant challenged the inclusion in her gross income for calculation of her eligibility to legal aid of maintenance payments received for her children who were both at University. She said that since she had responsibility for their maintenance, and they were studying away from home, they were not part of her household, and a … Continue reading Richards v The Legal Services Commission: Admn 19 Jul 2006

Faulkner, Regina (on The Application of) v Director of Legal Aid Casework: CA 19 Jul 2018

Claim challenging application of statutory charge extinguishing damages award. Judges: Longmore, Peter Jackson, Asplin LJJ Citations: [2018] EWCA Civ 1656, [2018] WLR(D) 459 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Legal Aid Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.620463