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The Legal Aid (Functions) Order 2000
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- 2000 No. 1929
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Functions under Part V of the Legal Aid Act 1988
3.—(1) The general function conferred on the Board by section 3(2) of the Act shall include all such functions mentioned in subsection (4)(b) of that section as are required to be exercised by the Commission to enable it to determine and authorise the work to be carried out, the costs, and the method of payment of such costs, in respect of representation which is provided by means of a contract under Part II of the Act in respect of a Very High Cost Case.
(2) A Very High Cost Case is a case with regard to which, in the estimation of the Commission:
(a)if the case proceeds to trial, that trial would be likely to last for 25 days or longer; or
(b)the defence costs with regard to any one defendant (or group of defendants represented by the same firm of solicitors) are likely to amount to £150,000 or greater (such sum to include the solicitor’s costs and counsel’s fees and VAT).
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