Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in legal aid claims has been paid to Leigh Day and Public Interest Lawyers in each of the last three years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The net payments to these firms over the past three years are shown in the table below.
Year | Public Interest Lawyers | Leigh Day & Co |
2010/11 | £439,268.02 | £1,182,080.21 |
2011/12 | £331,238.85 | £1,216,888.66 |
2012/13 | £54,387.48 | £569,730.45 |
These payments cover all work undertaken by the firms under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.