Barristers at 4 King’s Bench Walk (4 KBW) – the embattled chambers of Robert Rhodes QC which will dissolve on 29 April – are still owed up to £1m by law firms that instructed them on Claims Direct work, it has emerged.

The news follows the decision last week, revealed by www.legalweek.net (10 April), of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Inns of Court to clear Rhodes of nine charges of maladministration over his set’s relationship with the defunct claims handler.