claiming back legal aid

[NOHOPE]

someone has said if you are found not guilty you can claim back the contribution you made, is this true and who do we contact

thanks

[brokenman81]

Your Legal Team makes an application for all costs + interest. So I'm told?

[lawlessone2009]

Payments from income in the Crown Court

If a defendant has to make contributions from income, this will be for a maximum of 6 months and will begin once their case has been sent to the Crown Court.

At the end of the case, if the defendant is found not guilty they will get all their money back with interest at a rate of 2%.


Which I find odd as the general rule of thumb is 8% interest in most other cases.

[lawlessone2009]

http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/crim...the_courts.asp

For the linky...