Fraud Trial Halted Amid Legal Aid Row

[Jomlett]

A judge has halted a serious fraud trial involving defendants who could not get representation following cuts to legal aid.

Alex Cameron QC - the prime minister's brother - argued the trial could not go ahead because the state had "failed to provide" adequate representation.

He was representing some of the defendants free of charge as they sought to get the trial halted.

The judge said there was no prospect of a fair trial. http://bbc.in/1mgrECn

[Old_Geezer]

I am unconvinced that folk should be expected to pay their own legal costs, for should not justice be available for all without the need to pay individually for it ? If there is a reasonable chance to win a case then the State ought to be able to fund the proceedings, if the change of winning is so small it doesn't qualify as reasonable, then fair enough not to fund since we don't want to waste money on frivolous defences (or prosecutions).