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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 9:39 pm
Time: 9:39 pm
Results for costs of legal services
1 results foundAuthor: Gibbs, Penelope Title: Innocent but broke -- rough justice Summary: In 2014 a little known change to the justice system hit the headlines when the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons was cleared of rape but left court £130,000 the poorer. Should those who have been acquitted be able to get their legal costs back? Before 2012, people could get "reasonable" costs back if they had paid privately for a lawyer and were found not guilty, or if the prosecution withdrew the case. New Labour tried, and the coalition government succeeded, in changing the law, so that those found not guilty could only recoup a small fraction of their costs. Transform Justice asks why the innocent should be financially penalised, and whether the government should reverse this policy. Details: London: Transform Justice, 2015. 25p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 29, 2017 at: http://www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TRANSFORM-JUSTICE-INNOCENT-BUT-BROKE.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TRANSFORM-JUSTICE-INNOCENT-BUT-BROKE.pdf Shelf Number: 144620 Keywords: Costs of Legal ServicesInnocence Not Guilty Wrongful Conviction |