article_snippet: Human rights lawyers claimed a staggering £280 an hour to represent a notorious terror suspect.
article_snippet: Human rights lawyers were acting for
article_snippet: The Home Office revealed that Egyptian hate preacher Yasser Al-Sirri, who has lived in Britain for 20 years after being convicted of a plot to assassinate Egypt’s prime minister solicitors Birnberg Peirceclaimed £280 an hour for costs after winning his case, and were paid a total of £62,000.
article_snippet: It was the highest amount paid by The Home Office in legal costs to a law firm bringing an action against the Government in the year 2013-14. ...but bad news for the rest of us .
article_snippet: As Al-Sirri won Al-Sirri , legal costs to a law firm bringing an action against the Government in the year 2013-14 were picked up by The Home Office – which means you, the taxpayer, picked up the bill.
article_snippet: A judge said it was a ‘generous’ decision.
article_snippet: Some even received up to £1,500 for co-operating.