SRA Samples
A man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault by battery.
He is a professional football player earning £180,000 per year. It is alleged that the man punched a photographer who was trying to take a picture of him whilst he was having a drink with a woman in a bar. The man has never been in trouble with the police before.
Will the man be entitled to publicly funded legal representation in connection with the defence of his case?
A man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault by battery.
He is a professional football player earning £180,000 per year. It is alleged that the man punched a photographer who was trying to take a picture of him whilst he was having a drink with a woman in a bar. The man has never been in trouble with the police before.
Will the man be entitled to publicly funded legal representation in connection with the defence of his case?
The man will be eligible for publicly funded legal representation by the duty solicitor at the police station. He will not be able to get a representation order in the Magistrates’ Court, because even if he passes the interests of justice test, he will fail the means test which applies in the Magistrates’ Court.
E - The man will be eligible for publicly funded legal representation by the duty solicitor at the police station. He will not be able to get a representation order in the Magistrates’ Court, because even if he passes the interests of justice test, he will fail the means test which applies in the Magistrates’ Court.
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