Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000083/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 December 2006.
1. In this judicial review application, the applicant seeks to challenge the decision of the Legal Aid Services Council ‘(the Council”) not to provide him with a counsel certificate on the merits of his intended appeal to the Court of Final Appeal. The decision was communicated to the applicant in two letters dated 24 March and 28 April 2006. Under section 26A of the Legal Aid Ordinance, cap.91, a legal aid applicant is required to produce the counsel certificate when he applies for a review ag