Neil Brown on Nostr: Parts of the legal profession drive me mad some times. Case in point: ...
Parts of the legal profession drive me mad some times.
Case in point: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/blank-pages-in-evidence-caused-40000-legal-aid-overpayment/5116119.article
If I charged per page (which I don't, and won't) and charged for *4,700 blank pages* - almost exactly the same number of pages as the pages I'd actually reviewed - I am not sure I could look my client in the eye, let alone think I'd acted honestly/ethically.
And yet, in the comments, some people seem to be arguing that it's not the solicitor's problem to work out how much work they actually did.
Case in point: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/blank-pages-in-evidence-caused-40000-legal-aid-overpayment/5116119.article
If I charged per page (which I don't, and won't) and charged for *4,700 blank pages* - almost exactly the same number of pages as the pages I'd actually reviewed - I am not sure I could look my client in the eye, let alone think I'd acted honestly/ethically.
And yet, in the comments, some people seem to be arguing that it's not the solicitor's problem to work out how much work they actually did.