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Legal aid solicitors have been overpaid by almost 77m, according to a report published today by public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office. Qualifying the Legal Services Commissions accounts for the second year running, the NAO estimated a total of 76.5m had been overpaid to legal aid providers in 2009-10; up from an estimated 24.7m in 2008-09. The NAO said solicitors had ...