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Leave granted to challenge Legal Aid Board’s termination of certificate
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High Court grants leave for judicial review of the Legal Aid Board's decision to terminate a legal aid certificate previously granted to an applicant seeking to challenge a High Court judgment from 1988, on the grounds that there were arguable grounds that the Appeals Committee's decision lacked adequate reasoning, particularly given the unusual procedural history and the discrepancy between the decisions of the first and second Appeals Committee; and the court also grants leave to explore whether the legal standard applied by the Legal Aid Board for termination was correct and whether the applicant could rely on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in respect of historical events.
Judicial review - legal aid certificate - Legal Aid Board - Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 - EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - European Convention on Human Rights - certiorari - adequacy of reasons - reasonable likelihood of success - international instrument - legal costs - High Court judgment - arguability - Supreme Court - Appeals Committee - procedural history - termination of certificate.
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