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There can be few crusaders as selfless in their pursuit of justice on behalf of the helpless as lawyer Yvonne Hossack.
Her campaign has consumed her life for seven years. It has also brought her to the brink of bankruptcy, jeopardised her health and exerted such intolerable pressure on her personal life that it has ended her 23-year marriage.
She has lost her home, her car, her peace of mind and every penny of her savings. She has worked tirelessly and without remuneration on behalf of clients who would otherwise not have a voice.
She estimates, had she charged for her services, she would today be as much as £2million better off.
Yvonne, 53, has prolonged the lives of thousands of vulnerable and frail people in care homes. Indeed, she has saved at least 80 homes from closure by representing their residents.
Her success came through forcing councils to consider that the effects on those being relocated when a home closed are so traumatic they can prove fatal.
Yet this selfless woman has been the subject of an extraordinary witch hunt, which ended yesterday in the 'miracle' of her acquittal on charges of breaching rules of solicitors' conduct.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1214566/Lawyer-victimised-saving-80-care-homes-tells-ready-lose-win-dignity-elderly.html#ixzz1Z4qsdROc
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Victory: Lawyer Yvonne Hossack with daughter Ellie
Her campaign has consumed her life for seven years. It has also brought her to the brink of bankruptcy, jeopardised her health and exerted such intolerable pressure on her personal life that it has ended her 23-year marriage.
She has lost her home, her car, her peace of mind and every penny of her savings. She has worked tirelessly and without remuneration on behalf of clients who would otherwise not have a voice.
She estimates, had she charged for her services, she would today be as much as £2million better off.
Yvonne, 53, has prolonged the lives of thousands of vulnerable and frail people in care homes. Indeed, she has saved at least 80 homes from closure by representing their residents.
Her success came through forcing councils to consider that the effects on those being relocated when a home closed are so traumatic they can prove fatal.
Yet this selfless woman has been the subject of an extraordinary witch hunt, which ended yesterday in the 'miracle' of her acquittal on charges of breaching rules of solicitors' conduct.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1214566/Lawyer-victimised-saving-80-care-homes-tells-ready-lose-win-dignity-elderly.html#ixzz1Z4qsdROc
