article_snippet: Human rights lawyers smeared British soldiers with false accusations of the torture and murder or innocent Iraqis, a government dossier claims.
article_snippet: A report drawn up on the Prime Minister's orders claims Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) pursued claims against soldiers despite realising the allegations of abuse might have been 'untrue'.
article_snippet: False claims': The government may take legal action against Public Interest Lawyers and Public Interest Lawyers chief lawyer, Phil Shiner, left, over allegations the firm smeared British soldiers with false allegations of torture and murder.
article_snippet: Now The government is gearing up to sue law firms for millions of pounds in legal costs and calling for its chief lawyer, Phil Shiner, to be struck off.
article_snippet: That led investigators to take evidence from around 100 further witnesses, costing taxpayers an extra £780,000, the paper reported The government's dossier as saying.
article_snippet: the Government's dossier as saying is also alleged that PIL used a local 'agent' to trawl Basra for potential victims, a breach of a ban on solicitors touting for business that brought hundreds of extra claims against the Army.
article_snippet: The Birmingham-based law firm even continued to represent one claimant in a separate judicial review after he admitted to Al-Sweady investigators he had lied about he sister dying on the battlefield, the Government's dossier as saying alleges.
highlights_snippet: Government claims lawyers pursued claims lawyers knew were made up .
  
highlights_snippet: Dossier alleges lawyers used local 'agent' to trawl Basra for new claimants .
  
highlights_snippet: Government lawyers may sue law firms for millions in legal costs .