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    Shock, horror as lawyers find themselves lost for words

    Author Date published October 22, 1997 Categories

    We’ve heard scurrilous tales of lawyers generating vast amounts of expensive and unnecessary paperwork just to bump up their fees. We’ve never believed a word of it – until now.

    City law firm Hammond Suddards kindly faxed us a press release relating to a #3m MBO advised on – a 229-page press release. And every page after the cover sheet was blank.

    How many chargeable hours did they log?

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