Is this justice for legal greed?

A small glimmer of good news today: one of the lawyers who made millions by 'representing' sick miners has been struck off. The Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal described Andrew Nulty as 'a disgrace to the profession'.

He said to have made more than £40m in fees from his firm Avalon's handling of claims from ex-miners and their widows. Some of these people ended up with a pittance, while several lawyers like Nulty made their millions.

I have a personal interest in this case as Avalon targeted my elderly widowed mother (80+). My ex-miner father died of pneumoconiosis-related illness.

Time and again they wrote to her, and their letters were interpreted as coming from the Government's lawyers. Time and again I told them to stop writing. They never did. I have kept most of their letters and made a complaint to an MP researching this UK-wide scandal.

So Nulty cannot practice law any more. He is reportedly living in Spain, and presumably enjoying life with the millions he gained from the sick, poor and elderly. Somehow, I can't see that true justice has been done.

When it comes to avarice, there are members of the legal profession who'll take some beating.