{
  "id": 17961797,
  "title": "Legal aid changes 'unfair, illogical', High Court finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/legal-aid-changes-unfair-illogical-high-court-finds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T11:39:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2026/1103/1597787-legal-aid/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The High Court has found that new regulations brought in by Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to govern the payment of legal aid in criminal cases are \"grossly unfair\" and \"demonstrably illogical\".",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}