INJURED MAN GETS £lso
EXPERTS GET UlbO LONDON, July 5. Members asked at Glamorgan County Council meeting yesterday why a claim for injury, which was settled for £l5O, cost the council £6OO. These were among the items given in reply:— Barrister's fee £53 Second barrister’s fee £52 Doctor's i’ec £45 Second doctor’s fee £ll Costs of injured man’s solicitors £228 Surveyor’s fee £l3 The chairman, Alderman John Evans, said: “This sort of thing frequently happens in law.” The claim against the council was originally for £SOO. It was made by a man who was hurt when he slipped over a paving stone.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 13
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102INJURED MAN GETS £l50 Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 13
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