Lord Chancellor v Blavo and Co Solictors Ltd [2018] EWHC 3556 (QB)

John Blavo personally ordered to repay Legal Aid claims The High Court gave judgment for the Lord Chancellor against John Blavo in the sum of £22,136,001.71 following the allegation that Blavo & Co made dishonest claims for payment on the legal aid fund for thousands of cases where it was not entitled to any fee.

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Full judgment: BAILII

Subject(s):

• Miscellaneous🔍

Date: 21/12/18🔍

Court: High Court🔍

Judge(s):

• Pepperall🔍

Parties:

• Lord Chancellor🔍
• Blavo and Co Solictors Ltd🔍
• John Blavo🔍

Judicial history:

• Lord Chancellor v Blavo and Co Solictors Ltd [2018] EWHC 3556 (QB) (recovery of public funds)
  • Lord Chancellor v John Blavo [2016] EWHC 126 (QB), [2016] MHLO 6 (freezing order)
• John Blavo v Law Society [2018] EWCA Civ 2250 (statutory demand)
  • John Blavo v Law Society [2017] EWHC 561 (Ch)
• Blavo and Co Solicitors (SRA decision: closure) [2015] MHLO 70 (closure)

Citation number(s):

• [2018] EWHC 3556 (QB)

What links here:

• Blavo and Co Solicitors (SRA decision: closure) [2015] MHLO 70
• January 2019 chronology
• January 2019 update
• Mental health case law
• Updates

Published: 1/1/19

Cached: 2019-04-19 09:23:27