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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Legal aid firms set to work after 1 July ‘will run at a loss’. Lawyers' revolt takes over the regions and reaches the capital. Lawyers in Leeds and London will not act in legal aid cases after 1 July, declaring the further 8.75 per cent cut to solicitors' fees 'uneconomic'. Full story - Solicitors Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Legal aid firms set to work after 1 July ‘will run at a loss’. Lawyers' revolt takes over the regions and reaches the capital. Lawyers in Leeds and London will not act in legal aid cases after 1 July, declaring the further 8.75 per cent cut to solicitors' fees 'uneconomic'. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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