| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 284 (Feb) |
| Court: | Administrative Court |
| Judge: | Maurice Kay J |
| Representation | John-Paul Waite (instructed by Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State. |
| Riyad Dookhy and Khalik Bhatoo (instructed by Jonathan & Co) for the solicitors. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 20 February 2003 |
Catchwords
Costs - Wasted costs order - Order made against solicitor - Emergency legal aid funding - Solicitors obtaining emergency legal aid for unmeritorious applications - Appropriateness of legal aid order.
The Case
The Secretary of State was entitled to wasted costs orders against a firm of solicitors in respect of 13 immigration cases, almost all of which had been publicly funded, in which the solicitors had clearly acted in an incompetent and-or unreasonable manner.
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