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LCAP picket Duncan Lewis Solicitors in London

One of NoBorders | 31.05.2009 12:09 | Migration

The London Coalition Against Poverty (LCAP) held another picket yesterday against Duncan Lewis Solicitors. Duncan Lewis & Co. make millions from taking legal aid cases from people on low income and with precarious immigration status, but they often let people down by not being responsible and treating their clients with negligence and disrespect.

The protest saw ex clients giving testimonies of their horrible treatment at the hands of the discredited solicitors and protesters passing 'guilty' verdicts after each story. Below are some pictures of the protest.

For more on Duncan Lewis Solicitors, see the campaign's blog:

http://dumpduncanlewis.wordpress.com

One of NoBorders

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Why don't you make a mass complaint

01.06.2009 12:32

...to the Law Society? They'd soon get closed down for breach of the professional code of conduct. This strictly enforced so a complaint would have a result.

Annie Citizen

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Complaint

01.06.2009 15:46

Yes, definitely complain to the Law Society but aslo to the Solicitor's Regulation Authority, who now regulate the profession. The complaint should also be copied to the Legal services Commission, who are the Goverment body that administers the legal aid budget.

I am a trainee solicitor, doing mainly legal aid work but not in a firm that operates like Duncan Lewis. Unfortunately they are not unique, except perhaps in the scale of their operation.

Paul Robert Jeffcoate
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