Abstract
Abstract The Crown Court can grant legal aid for criminal trials before juries. This discretion is exercised comparatively rarely since magistrates’ courts also have jurisdiction to order legal aid for hearings in the Crown Court. Murder trials excepted, a legal aid order will be made only if the Crown Court is satisfied that the accused’s disposable income and capital are such ‘that he requires assistance in meeting the costs which he may incur’ and ‘it appears to the court desirable to do so in the interests of justice’. Section 29(6) of the Legal Aid Act of 1974 directs the court to resolve any doubt about legal aid in favour of the accused. In practice all but a very few defendants tried in the Crown Court are legally aided.
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