§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for South Hams of 5 May regarding the case of Halev. Wilson Dyer Gough. [27357]
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the judgment will be given in the case of Halev. Wilson Dyer Gough; and if he will make a statement. [27356]
Mr. John M. TaylorThe question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from Michael Huebner to Mr. Anthony Steen, dated 6 June 1995:
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about the judgment in the case of Hale v Wilson Dyer Gough. I can confirm that judgement in respect of the hearing on 28 November 1994 has now been given. A copy of the judgment has been sent, by first class post, to the solicitor for both parties today.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what steps are being taken to recover for public funds the legal aid funds made available to the Wilson Dyer Goughs, following the withdrawal of their legal aid certificate. [27358]
Mr. John M. TaylorThe administration of the civil legal aid scheme is the responsibility of the Legal Aid Board. In cases where the board has a right to recovery, the board's debt recovery unit takes such steps as are appropriate and justified, after the amount owed to the legal aid fund has been established.