Let private pockets pay
Article Abstract:
There was considerable public outcry when it was revealed that Kevin and Ian Maxwell have already received more than 4 million pounds sterling in legal aid, even though their trial has not even started yet. This case, coming after a number of other similar ones, should prompt a reassessment of how legal aid is administered and regulated. However, the Lord Chancellor was unwise to comment on the legal aid issue in this way, as he implied that a fraud could have taken place but seems unprepared to take action to pursue the matter.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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How Maxwell flies high as lawyers' fees soar past 4m pounds sterling
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The revelation that Kevin and Ian Maxwell, who are currently among six defendants who are receiving large sums in legal aid, are working as consultants to Westbourne Communications, a private company which specialises in supplying financial advice to business people in eastern Europe, has increased the controversy surrounding their activities. Concern has already been growing for some time about the sums of legal aid going to high-profile cases, and eligibility is soon to be made stricter for most applicants.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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Uneasy silence in court
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Every citizen has the right of silence, an ancient privilege against self-incrimination similar to the US Fifth Amendment. In criminal offences, theft or criminal damage to property and cases involving intellectual property rights are excepted. The supremacy of Parliament is the fundamental principle of Britain's constitution. Parliament should intervene where the privilege is available to a person likely to be charged with conspiracy, as in the Maxwell Brothers' case.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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