Approximately three years ago, I started a criminal practice in Oxford, having an already existing practice in Leicester.

In the latter, I was categorised as a category 1.

After a year, I decided to cease practising in Oxford and attempted to reconcile my claims with money owed.

I indicated to the Legal Services Commission (LSC) that it owed me 41,000.

The LSC analysed my claims and designated me as a category 3, indicating an overclaim of 39%, despite the fact that the same fee-earner appeared at Oxford as at Leicester and the same person calculated the bills using the same principles, as in my Leicester practice.

Some three years later, the LSC offered me 2,011 for the 41,000 claimed.

If its calculations are correct (which my consultant has indicated are completely erroneous) not only should I have been prosecuted for fraud, but also I had been working for approximately 12 per hour.

Its representatives are now meeting with my consultant to negotiate a mutually acceptable figure, since I have recently sued the LSC on three occasions, having been successful on two of them.

Tony Davis, Kilty Davis, Leicester