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Not a clin neg lawyer myself, but are they not damned if they do and damned if they don't?

If you know your LSC funding is not going to remain in place until the end of the case, then surely acting in your client's best interests would entail setting up an alternative funding arrangement which minimises (or in this case excludes) any client liability for costs upon successful conclusion of the case. Would it not have been negligent to ignore the costs reforms and leave the client with no choice but to take on a post_LASPO funding after LSC cover expired, when costs liabilities would be greater for the client. This was obviously a huge claim as general damages alone were at least £280K without any uplift, so the 10% uplift would have been far from the most pressing financial issue for the client.

Mr Dean's outrage would no doubt not extend to the behaviour of his insurer clients who have manipulated the entire civil justice system for financial gain.