The government has announced a months-old ‘task force’ to root out ‘crooked lawyers’ lodging false asylum claims for thousands of pounds.
Suella Braverman said it will weed out ‘immoral lawyers’ – but legal experts say the move is ‘deflecting’ from larger issues has today announced a months-old ‘task force’ to root out ‘crooked lawyers’ lodging false asylum claims for thousands of pounds.
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said: ‘This government is committed to stopping the boats – that means breaking the business model of criminal gangs and holding to account unscrupulous lawyers who aid and abet them by abusing the legal system.’But the task force raised eyebrows at the Law Society, that represents solicitors in England and Wales, given that powers are already in place to do this.
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