NI: Derry solicitor denies legal aid fraud charges in court
Derry solicitor Damien McDaid has denied defrauding the Legal Services Agency (LSA) at the outset of his trial before Londonderry Crown Court.
He is alleged to have submitted fraudulent legal aid claim forms for his personal benefit while working as a sole practitioner between July 2010 and December 2011, The Irish News reports.
Mr McDaid was practising as a solicitor specialising in matrimonial and children’s court cases from an office at 32 Great James Street at the time.
The trial is expected to last around three weeks.