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No-win, No-fee Lawyers

Miriam O'Reilly investigates no-win, no-fee lawyers who are allowed to charge up to 800 pounds per hour in bringing claims against the NHS.

With payouts in clinical negligence cases expected to reach a record 700 million pounds in 2010, Miriam O'Reilly investigates no-win, no-fee lawyers. Some of them are allowed to charge up to 800 pounds per hour in bringing claims against the NHS, enabling many law firms to earn substantially more in fees than their clients receive in damages.

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