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Proceeding contribution from Lord Thomas of Gresford (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 27 March 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.


Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

My Lords, I have huge sympathy with the claimants in the Trafigura case, who received £30 million in damages, and if I thought that access to justice for people in their position were being blocked by this Bill I would be entirely with the noble Baroness. Unfortunately, the costs in that case were £100 million, reduced on taxation to £40 million. I do not feel particularly proud of a legal system which produces such a disparity between the damages that were actually received by the claimants and the lawyers who acted on their behalf.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
736 c1310 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Children in care Alcoholic drinks Defamation Damages Costs Alternatives to prison Housing benefit Housing Health services Human rights Legal aid scheme Human trafficking Empty property Insolvency Legal costs Homelessness Abduction Newspaper press Misuse Monitoring Magistrates Negligence Probation Metals Social security benefits Sentencing Vulnerable adults Young people Social services Theft Squatting Conditional fee agreements Citizens' advice bureaux Community orders Care leavers
Legislation
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk