The test, when assessing the rate of pay for legal aid purposes of whether a case ‘related to fraud’ was whether the proceedings, in whole or in part, were about serious or complex fraud, irrespective of the contents of the indictment. There is no general offence known to law of fraud as such and the act could only be intended to relate to such issues in a wider sense than the content of the indictment.
Citations:
Times 11-Jan-2000, Gazette 20-Jan-2000
Statutes:
Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 (1989 No 344)
Legal Aid, Costs
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.84141
