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Thompsons escapes SDT rap in miner claims scandal

A well-known firm pays over £10m to unions for referrals on an issue of national importance, then has to pay millions back to thousands of referred clients because it has ripped them off, its chief executive is disciplined by a professional body and the regulator says it's "not in the public interest" to put them before the SDT? We're not talking about minor breaches here, but the failure to provide costs information, an ignorance of conflicts of interest and the imposition of unenforceable contingency fees. And the miners' litigation was gigantic, it affected hundreds of thousands and there were criminal charges brought against some solicitors involved. In the name of all that is holy, how can it NOT be in the public interest to bring this before the SDT?

25-Oct-2010

2:07 pm