“…egal aid is governed by LASPO. The relevant provisions were considered in detail by Blake J in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk BC v Bunning [2013] EWHC 3390 (QB), [2015] 1 WLR 531 (subsequently approved by this court in Haringey LBC v Brown [2015] EWCA Civ 483, [2015] 1 WLR 542). In short, the combination of section 14 (h) of LASPO and r…”
“…(as Blake J had held, accepting submissions made to him on behalf of the Legal Aid Agency (“the LAA”), in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council vBunning [2015] 1 WLR 531), or whether (as the LAA had submitted in a later case) it was the LAA, not the court, which had the power to do so. As the judge observed, at [28]:…”