Clause 11 - Unfounded human rights or asylum claim

Part of Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:15 am on 22 January 2004.

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Photo of Mark Oaten Mark Oaten Liberal Democrat, Winchester 10:15, 22 January 2004

The amendment says that there should be published

''statistics on the cost and success rate of each legal practitioner''.

Does not the hon. Gentleman share my concern that, as with any league table, that could make some legal practitioners want to take on cases only where they are likely to be successful, so that they look good in the published statistics? That could be difficult in complex cases that look risky to lawyers not wanting to slip down the league table. Is not that a concern?