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Originally Posted by Yahwe

But then it's easy for journalists to make baseless claims against lawyers.

Originally Posted by The Times

Yet some firms have also imposed success fees or administration fees, which were taken from their clients’ damages. Others made deductions that were paid to mining unions after clients were misled into believing that the union was in some way funding their claim.

Originally Posted by The Times

Mark Gilbert Morse, meanwhile, continues to prosper. The firm has registered more than 25,000 claims. Of these, 14,776 have been settled, for which the lawyers have been paid £41.7 million by the Government, an average of £2,820 per claim.

When it first began handling claims, the firm’s lawyers sliced up to 25 per cent from the compensation awards made to its clients.

Although it has insisted that such deductions “were in accordance with the law and guidelines at the time”, Mark Gilbert Morse says that it has now voluntarily chosen to re-pay all the money it took from claimants’ compensation.

It seems it is just as easy for a lawyer to make baseless claims against journalists innit?