Topic: legal aid

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the Judicial Administration to release records on how legal aid funds were spent in relation to a specific court case, information that is typically not made public.

A Grand Court judge has ordered the reinstatement of attorney Keith Myers to the list of lawyers who can appear in legal aid cases after he was removed following allegations of misconduct.

An ongoing legal aid dispute has prevented Terry Hodgson from entering any pleas in relation to a fatal accident that claimed the life of Paul Andrew Wright nearly 16 months ago.

Cubans asylum applicants detained in George Town’s Immigration Detention Centre received notices recently from the Department of Immigration that they are not to attend their own appeals hearings, unless invited to do so.

Canover Watson told a Grand Court judge Monday that he would ask for legal aid in ongoing asset forfeiture proceedings and an appeal resulting from his February conviction on conspiracy to defraud and corruption-related charges.

A 15-year-old boy appeared in Summary Court on Monday charged with two counts of robbery, an offense that can be dealt with only in the Grand Court.