> ‘Our biggest obstacles are not hit squads or cyber attacks, it is firms in London working day in, day out to attack free speech in the interests of very rich and powerful people who rightly deserve scrutiny,’ said Burgis, who named **Carter-Ruck, Schillings, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Wessing** as among the firms who have sought to pressure and intimidate journalists into dropping stories. The firms have denied any wrongdoing.
The problem is the law, not lawyers applying the law.
If the lawyers did everything legally then its ridiculous to call for anything against them. Parliament should change the laws if its not good enough.
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Just gonna [quote this article that names a few](https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/london-lawyers-intimidate-journalists-to-protect-oligarchs-mps-told/5111875.article)
> ‘Our biggest obstacles are not hit squads or cyber attacks, it is firms in London working day in, day out to attack free speech in the interests of very rich and powerful people who rightly deserve scrutiny,’ said Burgis, who named **Carter-Ruck, Schillings, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Wessing** as among the firms who have sought to pressure and intimidate journalists into dropping stories. The firms have denied any wrongdoing.
The problem is the law, not lawyers applying the law.
If the lawyers did everything legally then its ridiculous to call for anything against them. Parliament should change the laws if its not good enough.