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Subject: Re: Legal aid failure Posted on: Fri, 9 May 2008 22:14:10 +0000 (UTC)

In message , Palindrome
writes
>Andrew McGee wrote:
>
>> I am appalled that we have reached a point where a defendant in a
>>POCA confiscation hearing (who has to have Legal Aid because he is
>>not allowed to use his own funds to pay for lawyers) is left
>>unrepresented because the money on offer is so poor.
>
>Who would *want* to be represented - if not being able to find someone
>to do so gives you an automatic "win"?
>

It's the not being *able* to find someone that is the point. Not trying
would not help.
--
Richard Miller