“Employment tribunal fees will be tailored to encourage businesses and workers to mediate or settle a dispute rather than go to a full hearing from summer 2013.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“As the lines blur between the work of solicitors and barristers , Joshua Rozenberg asks whether a cheaper service provides better value for money or is it leading to poor representation in court and ultimately miscarriages of justice? He discusses the issues with Baroness Deech of the Bar Standards Board, a solicitor advocate Sundeep Bhatia and Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the Consumer panel at the Legal Services Board. He also speaks to senior appeal court judge Lord Justice Moses and asks about the best way to assess quality and what dangers lie ahead if suffers.”
BBC Law in Action, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Examining the LSB’s commitment to standards and to quality; the LSB decision to continue to permit referral fees; and a meeting with the new Chief Executive of the Legal Services Commission.”
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The Bar Council, June 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Association of Costs Lawyers’ Annual Conference 2012 (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th May 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The practice of huge hourly rates charged by solicitors should end because they reward inefficiency, the country’s second most senior judge said.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has won permission to appeal against a high court ruling that News International is not liable to pay his potential legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian,
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly met today with business leaders to launch ‘Justice for Business: Supporting Business and Promoting Growth,’ a new paper outlining how the Government’s ambitious reform programme is making the justice system more effective, less costly and better for business.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th May 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Solicitors are entitled to suspend work for clients who have not paid their bill in accordance with the contractual term of business agreed, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a key case on retainers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“For all the scaremongering about a compensation culture, ignorance of rights causes more harm than the bringing of unmeritorious legal claims.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“To nobody’s surprise, the government last night rejected arguments on behalf of mesothelioma sufferers and overturned a Lords amendment that would have exempted them from the effects of Part 2 of the legal aid bill (known as the Jackson reforms).”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Withers has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court a dispute brought against it over client money.”
The Lawyer, 11th April 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Legal Ombudsman is planning a 66% rise – to £50,000 – in the maximum amount of compensation it can force lawyers to pay clients who receive poor service.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The House of Lords has blocked attempts to exempt charities and trade unions from the referral fee ban. The house was debating proposed amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Peers in the House of Lords have voted for sufferers of asbestos-related disease to be exempt from reforms to no win, no fee litigation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Proposals to charge claimants for taking their cases to the European court of human rights (ECHR) have triggered an international row over the United Kingdom’s programme for reforming the Strasbourg court.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today sought to quell fears that Jackson reforms would be applied retrospectively to cases launched before April 2013.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Alarm has been raised at a move by the government that appears to give the Jackson reforms retrospective effect.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“For too long, lawyers have got away with arcane pricing and billing practices. Those who don’t change their ways will pay for it.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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