A decision to halt a multimillion-pound fraud trial because of a lack of legal aid barristers has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Three judges quashed a ruling made after the prime minister's brother, Alex Cameron QC, argued the defendants would not get a fair trial due to cuts.
Many barristers in England and Wales are refusing to take on complex cases because of 30% cuts to their fees.
Mr Cameron said the five defendants would not be sufficiently represented.
In May at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Anthony Leonard had stopped the prosecution of the men accused of a massive land-related scam after hearing that no senior barristers would take on the case.
The decision to halt that trial had implications for similar major prosecutions - but the Court of Appeal said on Wednesday that the judge had acted incorrectly.
In its judgement, the court said that the correct course of action should have been to postpone the trial while further searches for suitable barristers continued.
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