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‘This was never about restricting a client’s freedom to choose their lawyer’ – inside the Mariana Dam dispute

‘This was never about restricting a client’s freedom to choose their lawyer’ – inside the Mariana Dam dispute

PGMBM – the firm more commonly known as Pogust Goodhead – yesterday (12 October) emerged victorious in the closely watched dispute over the representation of the 400,000 claimants in the landmark £36bn Mariana Dam class action.

The dispute followed a challenge from a new rival, Bailey Glasser International (BGI – fronted by ousted Pogust co-founder Tom Goodhead – which emerged last month to claim it had been appointed by a committee representing the claimants to take the case forward.

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