15 Dec 2000
NGUYEN TRONG SON v. DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID
- Citation
- NGUYEN TRONG SON v. DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAA20/1999
The judge concluded the appellant had demonstrated a reasonable, as opposed to fanciful, chance that the court at trial would decide the key factual issue in his favour given unexplained inconsistency with department policy about returning detained persons' property, absence of a written application, disappearance of original documents despite a 1996 photocopy, non‑decisive handwriting evidence, officers' statements that do not preclude impersonation, and the implausibility of the appellant knowingly making a false claim; accordingly the appellant was granted a legal aid certificate to pursue…