Please see attached file below for the full judgment. Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWCA Civ 1622
Case Nos: C1/2014/2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2271 & 2272
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Mr Justice Collins [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Date: 15/12/2014
Before :
THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS
LORD JUSTICE RICHARDS
and
LORD JUSTICE SULLIVAN
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Between :
The Queen on the Application of
(1) Teresa Gudanaviciene
(2) IS (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor)
(3) Cleon Reis
(4) B
(5) Jacqueline Elizabeth Edgehill
(6) LS
Claimants/Respondents
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The British Red Cross Society
Intervener
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(1) The Director of Legal Aid Casework
(2) The Lord Chancellor
Defendants/Appellants
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Mr Martin Chamberlain QC, Ms Sarah Love and Mr Malcolm Birdling (instructed by The Treasury Solicitor and Legal Aid Agency Central Legal Team ) for the Appellants
Mr Richard Drabble QC, Mr Ranjiv Khubber and Mr Joseph Markus (instructed by Turpin Miller LLP) for Ms Gudanaviciene
Ms Phillippa Kaufmann QC and Mr Chris Buttler (instructed by Public Law Project) for IS
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Mr Richard Drabble QC, Mr Tim Buley and Mr Alistair Mills (instructed by Duncan Lewis & Co) for Mr Reis
Mr Paul Bowen QC and Ms Alison Pickup (instructed by Islington Law Centre) for B
Mr Ashley Underwood QC and Mr Adam Tear (instructed by Duncan Lewis & Co) for Ms Edgehill
Mr Paul Bowen QC and Ms Catherine Meredith (instructed by ATLEU) for LS
Mr Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Ms Samantha Knights (instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) for The British Red Cross Society
Hearing dates : 27, 28, 29 and 31 October 2014
Approved Judgment
Gudanaviciene and Ors v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2014] EWCA Civ 1622
