Sentences with phrase «aid at inquests»

This principle was demonstrated recently in the case of Humberstone, R (on the application of) v Legal Services Commission, where legal aid was eventually granted to the mother of a child who had died in hospital (see our post and a wider discussion on legal aid at inquests).

Not exact matches

The parents of Zane Gbangbola, a seven year old boy whose death may have been caused by hydrogen cyanide poisoning, were also refused legal aid for representation at the inquest into their son's death, as reported by the Guardian, the Daily Mail and others.

Legal aid for inquests: At the end of the month, the long awaited Angiolini review was published.

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett wrote to the government to urge it to overturn the decision to deny legal aid to the parents of Zane Gbangbola, who died following the winter floods in February 2014, for representation at the inquest touching upon their son's death.

The Chief Coroner, Peter Thornton QC, used an interview with The Guardian to call for legal aid to be provided to bereaved families at inquests where public bodies are involved, while Louise Brookes, whose brother died at Hillsborough, urged the government to guarantee legal aid for the families of the Birmingham bomb victims.

Also in May, the refusal of legal aid for representation at inquests received media coverage in the cases of Alexia Walenkaki and Zane Gbangbola, and it was reported that the justice system is failing witnesses and victims of crime, according to the Public Accounts Committee.

The families were given legal aid for the 2016 inquests but it was not like that the first round, when the families managed to raise # 150,000 for one barrister and then discovered at the inquests that the police had ten barristers, all paid for by the state.

Civil liberties lawyer Raju Bhatt, of Bhatt Murphy, has been honoured for his work on inquests into deaths in custody at this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards (LALYs)-- the annual Oscars for legal aid foAid Lawyer of the Year Awards (LALYs)-- the annual Oscars for legal aid foaid folk.

The victims» families have fought for years to have the inquests reopened, and were awarded legal aid but the coroner Sir Peter Thornton QC ruled out naming alleged suspects, The families contested that ruling at the High Court and won.