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This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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