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The Department of Justice v Phoenix Law Solicitors [2025] NIKB 65 (10 October 2026)
The High Court held that exceptional preparation funding under Northern Ireland legal aid rules may cover work done before the certificate, if contemporaneous records and other safeguards are met.
Mahmud, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIKB 13 (19 October 2022)
The High Court quashed a legal aid appeal panel’s refusal to fund senior counsel for an asylum appeal, finding the decision irrational in context.
Moon, Re Application for Judicial Review [2021] NIQB 26 (08 March 2021)
The High Court refused leave for judicial review, holding that Mervyn Moon lacked standing to challenge legal aid remuneration decisions and that the matter was academic.
McCracken, Re Judicial Review [2019] NIQB 111 (20 December 2019)
The High Court declined to continue judicial review of a legal aid funding refusal after the applicant obtained the medical report funding by another route.
Tate, Re Application for Judicial Review [2019] NIQB 102 (18 November 2019)
The High Court quashed a legal aid appeal panel decision for refusing funding without adequate reasons, finding the panel’s notice failed to address the core issues raised.
Coulter, Re Application for Judicial Review (No 2) [2019] NIQB 71 (02 July 2019)
The court dismissed a judicial review challenge to the Legal Services Agency’s funding decision in relation to an inquest, holding the contribution assessment was lawful.
The Department of Justice, Application for Appeal Re A Decision by the Taxing Master [2019] NIQB 80 (28 June 2019)
The High Court held that Schedule 1 paragraph 23 applied to a second hearing after a hung jury, so only a refresher fee was payable, not a second basic trial fee.
Edmunds v Legal Services Agency for Northern Ireland [2019] NIQB 50 (15 May 2019)
The High Court held that legal aid can cover intra-litigation mediation in non-family civil cases and that the Agency unlawfully fettered its discretion by refusing it outright.
Department Of Justice v Tiernan [2019] NIQB 25 (19 February 2019)
The High Court upheld a Taxing Master’s decision that a solicitor was entitled to a basic trial fee under the 2005 Northern Ireland criminal legal aid rules.
Bates & Anor v Legal Services Agency NI [2018] NIMaster 15 (24 September 2018)
The Northern Ireland High Court tax office allowed appeals over legal aid fees, holding that disputed waste transfer notes counted toward PPE and no 20% reduction applied.
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