T (A Firm Of Solicitors), R (on the application of) v Legal Aid Board, Court of Appeal - Civil Division, June 10, 1998, [1998] 3 WLR 925,[1998] EWCA Civ 958,[1999] QB 966,[1998] 3 All ER 541

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T (A Firm Of Solicitors), R (on the application of) v Legal Aid Board, Court of Appeal - Civil Division, June 10, 1998, [1998] 3 WLR 925,[1998] EWCA Civ 958,[1999] QB 966,[1998] 3 All ER 541

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE QBCOI 97/1001/CMS4

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

CROWN OFFICE LIST

(MR JUSTICE KAY)

Royal Courts of Justice

The Strand

London

Wednesday 10 June 1998

B e f o r e:

THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS

(Lord Woolf of Barnes)

LORD JUSTICE AULD

and

LORD JUSTICE BUXTON

THE QUEEN

- v -

LEGAL AID BOARD

Ex parte T (A Firm of Solicitors)

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(Computer Aided Transcription by

Smith Bernal, 180 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2HD

Telephone 0171 421 4040

Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)

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MR EDMUND LAWSON QC and MISS CHRISTINA RUSSELL (instructed by Messrs

Kingsley Napley, London EC1M 4AJ) appeared on behalf of

THE APPELLANTS

MISS P BAXENDALE QC and MISS J MULCAHY (instructed by Roger Hamilton,

Legal Aid Board, Legal Dept, London WC1X 8AA) appeared on behalf of

THE RESPONDENTS

MR J McGUINNESS appeared on behalf of THE LAW SOCIETY

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J U D G M E N T

(As Approved by the Court)

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Wednesday 10 June 1998

THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS:

The Background to the Appeal

This is the judgment of the Court. This is an appeal by a firm of solicitors in respect of a judgment of Mr Justice Kay which was given on 25 June 1997 on a...

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