UK's biggest immigration law firm goes under

The UK’s biggest immigration law firm has gone under, citing a crippling lack of cash flow from unpaid government-funded representations. Refugee and Migrant Justice, a charity firm, says that the government held back millions of pounds of payments for legal work. The government says it paid the fees it owed, and Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says the charity failed because it didn't manage its money well. He added that other firms will step into the breach to handle the cases. The Refugee and Migrant Justice cases primarily involve asylum-seekers and about 900 women and children represented as unwilling victims in sex-trafficking cases. The failure of the firm leaves some 10,000 cases in limbo.

UK's biggest immigration law firm goes under abajournal.com Fri, Jun 18, 2010