Last year, Jim Beresford was the top earning solicitor in the UK. Now, he and fellow Beresfords partner Doug Smith have been struck off for dishonesty in dealing with miners’ compensation claims.
>The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that they entered into a “sham” arrangement with the UDM, failed to act in the best interests of their clients, failed to give adequate advice and improperly released confidential information about clients.
>In thousands of cases, they also sliced money from the damages awarded to individual claimants. Some deductions were kept as a “success fee”.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said the charges were “aggravated by the scale and sophistication of their operations, the sums of money involved, the length of time over which the misconduct occurred and the vulnerability of the persons affected”.
Beresfords say: “We would like to reassure all of our clients that the firm will continue to act in the best interests of our clients.” [emphasis added].
Naturally.
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