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Compensation to legal counsel in criminal cases – serious deficiencies in follow-up and control (RiR 2021:27)

Last year, the courts in Sweden paid more than SEK 3.3 billion in compensation to public defence counsel and other legal counsel. The Swedish National Audit Office (Swedish NAO) audit shows that the handling of these payments has major shortcomings.

Updated: 16 June 2022

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