Lawyer ‘used client’s cash’ to run his firm

A solicitor improperly obtained £530,000 in ‘loans’ from legally aided clinical negligence clients to bankroll his cash-strapped firm, a tribunal heard. Marcus Nickson, 63, was a partner at the now-closed KJ Commons & Co, and is one of the foremost specialised clinical negligence and catastrophic injury solicitors in the UK. Nickson, who also acted as a trustee of damages awarded to disabled clients, served as a partner in the firm, which has offices in Carlisle and Wokington, from 1992 until…