Parliament Website

REQUEST TO EXAMINE SOLICITORS' FEE STRUCTURE IN MINING HEALTH CLAIMS (No. 4)

EDM number 490 in 2003-04, proposed by Michael Clapham on 26/01/2004.

That this House welcomes the policy statement issued by the Law Society to members following concerns raised about solicitors charging clients in addition to the costs paid by the Department of Trade and Industry and is pleased they have concluded that a firm should be required to refund a client in the absence of any justification for an additional charge and where there is evidence of taking an unfair advantage of the client by overcharging there may be a finding of misconduct; and calls on all those firms of solicitors who have made additional charges either by way of a success fee or an increases hourly rate to refund their clients immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Clapham26/01/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourProposed
David Hamilton26/01/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
John Baron26/01/2004BillericayConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington26/01/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis26/01/2004Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
John Cummings26/01/2004EasingtonLabourSigned
David Crausby26/01/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Michael Connarty26/01/2004Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd26/01/2004Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Denis Murphy26/01/2004WansbeckLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner26/01/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Dai Havard26/01/2004Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Kevin Hughes26/01/2004Doncaster NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley26/01/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood26/01/2004Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell26/01/2004Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon26/01/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Kevan Jones26/01/2004North DurhamLabourSigned
Paul Holmes27/01/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones27/01/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Mann27/01/2004BassetlawLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara27/01/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell27/01/2004East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Caton27/01/2004GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer27/01/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn27/01/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Andrew George27/01/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock27/01/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley27/01/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg27/01/2004Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Roy Beggs28/01/2004East AntrimUUPSigned
Rudi Vis28/01/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor28/01/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Adam Price28/01/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Nigel Dodds28/01/2004Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Chris McCafferty29/01/2004Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/01/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Tyler29/01/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Tynan29/01/2004Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
John Barrett02/02/2004Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon03/02/2004North DownUUPSigned
Patsy Calton03/02/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn03/02/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Wayne David03/02/2004CaerphillyLabourSigned
John Austin03/02/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing04/02/2004PerthScottish National PartySigned
Frank Cook04/02/2004Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones04/02/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
George Mudie04/02/2004Leeds EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson05/02/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle05/02/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Rob Marris05/02/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/02/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly09/02/2004Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Betty Williams09/02/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn10/02/2004JarrowLabourSigned
Win Griffiths11/02/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Alex Salmond12/02/2004Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Francis12/02/2004AberavonLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar04/03/2004Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/03/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Tony Clarke23/03/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Russell Brown18/06/2004DumfriesLabourSigned
Jim MarshallUnknownWithdrawn

Download raw data as csv or xml.