Once a legal aid certificate is revoked the party is deemed by statute never to have had the benefit of a legal aid certificate. The rules relating to assessment of costs which applied when a party had legal aid did not therefore apply. An order however which has once been made cannot be varied subsequently by reference to those rules, even if the order was made in the light of them.
Citations:
Times 19-Jan-2000, Gazette 13-Jan-2000
Statutes:
Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 130, Civil Procedure Rules Part 3.1(7)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Legal Aid, Costs, Civil Procedure Rules
Updated: 03 November 2022; Ref: scu.79884