Solicitors ripping off the NHS - forced to settle for 10% of original fee

Alder Hey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8124172.stm

Mr Walker told File on 4 in one case the NHS decided to fight a claim for £4,479,957.06 submitted by Liverpool firm E Rex Makin which had been working on behalf of parents in the Alder Hey organ retention scandal.
"We told them we wouldn't be paying and began at considerable expense to prepare for a hearing," he said.
After two months of negotiation the law firm agreed to accept £430,000 settlement.
E Rex Makin said the submitted bill included all items of work for which its solicitor believed he was entitled to recover payment.
The firm said its bill was never assessed by the court and the negotiated settlement that was reached with the Health Authority's solicitors reflected a number of technical arguments that were raised over the costs claimed.