Comments on: Judge jailed for role in £1.8m legal aid fraud https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Thu, 04 Jul 2024 13:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: US Lawyer https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194720 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 13:10:37 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194720 In reply to KELLE.

Perhaps the firms going bust are the ones doing things honestly and not gaming the system.

]]> By: Associate at proper big firm https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194176 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:09:09 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194176 In reply to H Timpson.

If they are not struck off etc it shows how much of a joke the regulatory authorities are…

]]> By: Legal aid practitioner https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194148 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:40:51 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194148 In reply to John.

It’s not quite as easy as you say, everything gets checked by a costs draftsman and there is a certain ‘reasonable’ amount of work you can justify before it is simply taken off the bill.

Advocacy is billed by however long you spend in court and type of hearing.

The legal aid rates are also so bad that most legal aid firms run at a loss. In family law it’s £5.94 per unit. Advocacy pays a bit better.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194138 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:58:59 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194138 In reply to John.

Not in the family division, matey.

]]> By: Charlie https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194135 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:46:33 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194135 In reply to H Timpson.

They would definitely be banned anyway through the solicitors regulatory body, for misconduct in the profession

]]> By: KELLE https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194124 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:36:01 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194124 In reply to John.

It really isn’t John. Law firms are going bust because of how sh1t the legal aid payments are

]]> By: H Timpson https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194090 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 07:35:20 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194090 I hope they are banned sine dei from the legal profession to serve as a warning to others.

]]> By: Arif https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194026 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:11:02 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194026 In reply to Ali t.

They will get the whole amount back via confiscation order

]]> By: John https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1194023 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:54:45 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1194023 There is a lot more scam going on everywhere with legal aid. The whole system is too easy for solicitors and barristors to claim what ever they like.

]]> By: Ali t https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1193999 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:02:25 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1193999 Why not picked up at time?! How much recovered

]]> By: Not at DWF, thankfully https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/06/judge-jailed-for-role-in-1-8m-legal-aid-fraud/#comment-1193980 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:46:16 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206374#comment-1193980 Quite rightly so – how ignorant would you have to be to think you could get away with this?

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