Abuse survivors’ group demands double-charging prosecutions

SOLICITORS who inappropriately charged clients for work on abuse cases should be prosecuted, according to a British-based institutional survivors group.

Banks that facilitated the notorious double-charging of clients should also face the full force of the law, according to the London Irish Centre’s Survivors’ Outreach Service.

“Banks have money laundering obligations and could be in trouble if they are found to have facilitated the proceeds of a crime,” said John Twomey, co-ordinator of the service.