EXCLUSIVE: TPR stumps up £660k on costliest legal battle

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has dished out £658,298 on its most expensive legal battle in over two years, PP can exclusively reveal.

A freedom of information request found the watchdog spent a total of just over £3.9m on external barrister fees across 46 cases between March 2012 and October 2014 - an average of £126,300 per mont...

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