A lawyer representing the families of two young people who took their lives in custody has said it would be “unbelievable” if one was forced to withdraw from a Fatal Accident Inquiry over legal aid funds being denied
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He said he would be raising the issue directly with Justice Secretary Angela Constance due to the “injustice” that families cannot be automatically granted funding while prison officers, ministers and health boards can. “It would be unfortunate if the family couldn’t be in this FAI after five years of relentlessly pushing for it,” he said.
“It is time that Scottish ministers intervene to end this injustice if the process of an FAI is to have any legitimacy in the eyes of the bereaved.” “It is more than appropriate that Katie Allan’s family would be represented. I cannot tell the legal aid board or ministers what to do but I can say that I very much hope that they will be able to enable Katie Allan’s family to be represented in this inquiry.”
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