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Legal Aid - From: 1998 To: 1998
This page lists 19 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
Zygmund A Lozinski v Teresa Ross [1998] EWCA Civ 27
15 Jan 1998
CA
Lord Justice Brooke
Company, Legal Aid
The defendant sought a stay of execution. There had been a partnership between the parties resulting in protracted litigation. As a result of costs orders already made there could be no financial benefit to the defendant in pursuing her case, and her legal aid had been withdrawn. Held: The defendant had already failed to comply with unless orders, and her action had no prospect of success. Stay refused.
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Regina v Legal Aid Board ex parte Moore [1998] EWHC Admin 76
27 Jan 1998
Admn
Legal Aid
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Regina v Legal Services Ombudsman ex parte Atholl Grant Murray [1998] EWCA Civ 186
9 Feb 1998
CA
Legal Aid
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Regina v Legal Aid Board ex parte Barry Haldane Faulkner Rogers [1998] EWCA Civ 252
16 Feb 1998
CA
Legal Aid
1 Cites
1 Citers
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Regina v Scunthorpe Justices ex parte Shipley; Admn 19-Feb-1998 - Times, 05 March 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 210
Regina v Legal Services Ombudsman and Secretary To Office of Legal Services Ombudsman ex parte E [1998] EWHC Admin 220
23 Feb 1998
Admn
Richards J
Legal Aid, Judicial Review
Supreme Court Act 1991 41
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Regina v Legal Aid Board No 15 Area (Merseyside) ex parte Stephen Richard Paul Eccleston; Admn 3-Apr-1998 - Gazette, 07 October 1998; [1998] 1 WLR 1279; [1998] EWHC Admin 396
Regina v Legal Aid Board No 15 Area (Merseyside), Ex Parte European Community Times, 06 May 1998
6 May 1998
QBD
Legal Aid
LAB had the power to give prior authorisation to allow payment of travel expenses of assisted person to visit expert to assist in preparation of expert report where assisted person unable to afford travel.
Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No 339)
Kelly v South Manchester Health Authority Times, 07 May 1998
7 May 1998
CA
Legal Aid
The Court refused to award costs against the Legal Aid Board, but accepted that, in exceptional circumstances, an order may be made if they had made a contribution by delay which added to the costs of the action.
Legal Aid Act 1988 18
Regina v Legal Aid Board No 15 Area (Merseyside), ex parte Eccleston Gazette, 20 May 1998
20 May 1998
QBD
Legal Aid
LAB had the power to give prior authorisation to allow payment of travel expenses of assisted person to visit expert to assist in preparation of expert report where assisted person unable to afford travel.
Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No 339)
Regina v Lord Chancellor and Legal Aid Board ex parte Sheila Bourke [1998] EWHC Admin 571
20 May 1998
Admn
Legal Aid
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Malekout v Medical Sickness Annuity and Life Assurance Society Limited; CA 21-May-1998 - [1998] EWCA Civ 872
Regina v Essex County Council and Legal Aid Board ex parte Gloria Smillie [1998] EWCA Civ 1159
6 Jul 1998
CA
Legal Aid
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Legal Aid Board ex parte Burke [1998] EWHC Admin 803
30 Jul 1998
Admn
Legal Aid
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Regina v Bow Street Magistrates Court Ex Parte Shayler; QBD 12-Oct-1998 - Times, 12 October 1998; [1998] EWHC Admin 907
Regina v Legal Aid Board (Brighton Area Office) ex parte Griffin [1998] EWHC Admin 990
21 Oct 1998
Admn
Legal Aid
The claimant had been seriously injured. He now sought legal aid to sue his legal advisers for negligence in the settlement reached. A court had said his original action had some prospects of success, but that the assessment was not negligent. The Legal Aid board had refused legal aid to support the claim.
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Dodd v Chief Constable of Cheshire Constabulary Times, 02 December 1998
2 Dec 1998
CA
Legal Aid
When deciding whether to pursue a case to trial on quantum after the defendant had accepted liability but been awarded costs against a legally aided plaintiff possibly vitiating any award, the judge should not carry out a cost benefit analysis.
Kapur and Another v David J Pinders Plc (T/a Pinders) [1998] EWCA Civ 1888
2 Dec 1998
CA
Legal Aid
The legally aided claimant having abandoned his appeal, the defendants sought their costs from the legal aid board. Granted.
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Chohan v Times Newspapers Limited; Singh and Choudry (a Firm) and Choudry [1998] EWCA Civ 1916
4 Dec 1998
CA
Legal Aid, Legal Professions
1 Cites
1 Citers
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