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19 January 2018
Issue: 7777 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Civil legal aid

R (on the application of Tirkey) v Director of Legal Aid Casework and another [2017] EWHC 3403 (Admin) [2018] All ER (D) 18 (Jan)

The statutory charge exercised by the Legal Aid Agency against the claimant over the amount recovered in employment tribunal proceedings was not rendered unlawful by the European Convention on Human Rights or EU law and her claim for judicial review had to fail. The Administrative Court held that the circumstances in which she failed to receive any of the award did not provide any basis for concluding that the exception to the statutory charge arose.

Company—Injunction

China Town Development Company Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2017] EWHC 3347 (Ch) [2018] All ER (D) 22 (Jan)

The defendant local authority was restrained from presenting a winding-up petition in respect of the claimant company concerning sums referred to in a statutory demand where there was a genuine dispute on substantial grounds concerning the true construction of a lease, in respect of which the dispute giving rise to the statutory demand

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