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