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Legal aid – Entitlement. The claimants challenged reg 5A(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/422, which introduced a 'no permission, no fee' arrangement for legally aided applications for judicial review and provided no entitlement to payment where permission had neither been granted nor refused. The Divisional Court, in allowing the application, held that the scope of reg 5A extended beyond the circumstances which could be seen as rationally connected to the stated purpose given for its introduction. To that extent it was inconsistent with the purposes of the scheme in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Legal aid – Entitlement. The claimants challenged reg 5A(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/422, which introduced a 'no permission, no fee' arrangement for legally aided applications for judicial review and provided no entitlement to payment where permission had neither been granted nor refused. The Divisional Court, in allowing the application, held that the scope of reg 5A extended beyond the circumstances which could be seen as rationally connected to the stated purpose given for its introduction. To that extent it was inconsistent with the purposes of the scheme in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
The Bar Council will press for investment in justice at party conferences, the Chancellor’s Budget and Spending Review
Equip yourself for your new career at the Bar
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If you are in/about to start pupillage, you will soon be facing the pupillage stage assessment in professional ethics. Jane Hutton and Patrick Ryan outline exam format and tactics
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To mark the fifth anniversary of the Bar Standards Board’s Race Equality Taskforce, Dee Sekar reflects on key milestones, the role of regulation in race equality, and calls for views on the upcoming equality rules consultation
How to start a podcast? Former High Court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn explains how he joined forces with Lord Falconer and Baroness Helena Kennedy KC to develop and present their weekly legal podcast
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