‘A free advice clinic provided by law students has a six-month waiting list because people on low incomes struggle to get a solicitor, its director says.’
BBC News, 13th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Compensation claims management firms looking for the next big earner after the PPI scandal have been accused of bombarding the much-criticised payday lending sector with complaints that are often spurious and sometimes without the knowledge of borrowers.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The City regulator has accused UK banks of causing “significant harm” to their most vulnerable customers as it pushes ahead with a ban on excessive overdraft fees.’
The Guardian, 7th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Strict new laws will dictate what a landlord can and can’t ask tenants to pay for. Both sides need to know the rules.’
The Independent, 24th May 2019
Source: www.homesandproperty.co.uk
‘Employment tribunals are being forced to rush in part-time judges in order to try to clear the growing backlog of cases waiting to be heard, a specialist law firm has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 15th May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The body that regulates licensed conveyancers is looking at steep reductions in the cost of practising, arguing that “good regulation does not have to come with an onerous price tag”.’
Legal Futures, 14th May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Personal Injury analysis: Frances Lawley, barrister at Zenith Chambers, explores the decision in British Airways Plc v Prosser, which found that a solicitor can recover VAT on a medical reporting organisation fee.’
Zenith PI Blog, 9th May 2019
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The court has jurisdiction to make an order for costs in a foreign currency on summary assessment, a deputy High Court judge has ruled in what he said appeared to be the first case on the point.’
Litigation Futures, 9th May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘As construction disputes lawyers, we see our fair share of settlement agreements. And not just the traditional full and final settlements, but also one page final account settlements, and “line in the sand” agreements in which the parties seek to renegotiate elements of the contract while it is in progress. These “line in the sand” agreements seem to feature disproportionately in court judgments, and in this blog I will look at the reasons why this might be the case.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 1st May 2019
‘A failure to pay a trial fee can result in qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) being disapplied on strike-out, a judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 29th April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The courts have made clear they will be prepared to apply fixed costs to cases which have long since breached the £25,000 limit. Two judgments that have emerged over the past week show examples of judges considering fixed recoverable costs where the personal injury claims had exited the pre-action protocol.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th April 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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