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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

My noble and learned friend referred to Clause 9 and to exceptional cases. He will be aware that a specific category of special exceptional cases is delineated in that clause: namely, "““advocacy in proceedings at an inquest under the Coroners Act 1988””," where there is a ““wider public interest determination””. Are the Government prepared to consider whether in this very sensitive type of case there could be a subsection inserted into Clause 9 which deals with the very difficult issue of clinical negligence instead of leaving it under the broad wording of subsection (2)?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
734 c389 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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