Regulator runs up £3.2m legal bill

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The Pensions Regulator has spent nearly £3.2m on external barrister fees over the past two years, with one-third of those costs spent on one legal case alone, figures show.

A Freedom of Information request made by PP revealed the regulator paid £3,180,626 to external barristers in the last 24 months on a total of 40 cases, with the amount spent on individual cases ran...

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