Conditional fee agreements do not form part of either the vibration white finger (VWF) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) schemes. Solicitors are paid according to a tariff set out in the respective Claims Handling Agreement. The tables list the solicitors, including Vendside/UDM, that have received payments in accordance with those tariffs for representing claimants from the Leicester, South constituency:
Solicitor Costs paid (£) Ashton Morton Slack Solicitors 757 Beresfords Solicitors 470 Moss Solicitors 4,678 Oxley and Coward Solicitors 2,697 Vendside / UDM 1,351 Watson Burton LLP 737 Total 10,690
Solicitor Costs paid (£) Ashton Morton Slack Solicitors 1,770 Atteys 3,393 Avalon Solicitors 10,495 Beresfords Solicitors 8,543 Blackett Hart and Pratt Solicitors 1,223 BRM Solicitors 4,175 Browell Smith and Co. 6,059 Delta Legal 2,586 Bac Solicitors 2,977 Dodds and Partners 2,888 Gorman Hamilton Solicitors 5,451 Hugh James 15,562 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors 2,079 Kidd and Spoor Harper Solicitors 1,834 Mark Gilbert Morse 9,066 Marrons Solicitors 1,090 Moss Solicitors 46,148 O. H. Parsons and Partners Solicitors 3,055 Proddow and Mackay Solicitors 2,963 Raleys Solicitors 1,792 Thompsons Solicitors 5,659 Vendside Ltd 10,557 Watson Burton LLP 23,393 Wilson Browne incorp. Holyoak and Co. 3,055 Total 175,814
In addition, Vendside have been paid an additional £2,333 in costs for handling claims for Industrial Deafness for Leicester, South constituents which are dealt with under common law.
[holding answer 14 July 2006]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 12 May 2006, Official Report, columns 576-77W.