David Mowat – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in legal aid claims has been paid to Leigh Day and Public Interest Lawyers in each of the last three years.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The net payments to these firms over the past three years are shown in the table below.
|
Year |
Public Interest Lawyers |
Leigh Day & Co |
|
2010/11 |
£439,268.02 |
£1,182,080.21 |
|
2011/12 |
£331,238.85 |
£1,216,888.66 |
|
2012/13 |
£54,387.48 |
£569,730.45 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firms under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.
