‘A firm which filed its costs budget seven days late due to a change in fee-earner has been granted relief from sanctions on appeal.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th April 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An investigation into lawyers’ fees has found major disparities between firms, with the cheapest charging £250 for conveyancing and the most expensive £3,200 for precisely the same freehold sale.’
The Guardian, 5th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A settlement agreement provides a central London law firm with a “complete defence” against a £70m professional negligence claim brought on behalf of a Russian oil company, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 30th March 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Land Registry can sue a former law firm for negligent misrepresentation in not checking whether a mortgage discharge form was genuine, the High Court has decided.’
Legal Futures, 29th March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Having successfully obtained judgment for your client in a case where your firm of solicitors is acting under a conditional fee agreement (CFA), it is only natural that thoughts will turn to the firm’s own impending financial reward. But the terms of a CFA, negotiated at the outset of the case, can prove to be a barrier to their underlying commercial purpose: payment by result.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 17th March 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘A law firm that admitted negligence has fought off a £100,000 claim after the court decided no harm was caused by its mistake.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson has upheld a £211,000 claim won by default after the defendant missed their final chance to submit a court document.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) is set to instruct the frontline regulators like the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board to get tough with lawyers who do not handle client complaints properly.’
Legal Futures, 3rd March 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Measures to curb legal claims against members of the armed forces are likely to be introduced this month.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd March 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The UK government has been warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action.’
BBC News, 1st March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Lord Chancellor has been awarded almost £1m by the High Court in its battle with a legal aid firm over payments on account (POAs).’
Legal Futures, 19th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Law student Jasmine Robinson discusses her experience of how the legal profession is taking steps to shake off its elitist reputation.’
Legal Week, 18th February 2016
Source: www.legalweek.com
‘Partners at top City law firms are charging clients more than £1,000 an hour, according to a Conservative thinktank which condemns fee rises for restricting access to justice.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has said there is a “strongly arguable case” that collapsed firm Blavo & Co, formerly the UK’s leading mental health practice, made “many thousands” of false legal aid claims.’
Legal Futures, 2nd February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Cardiff-based Capital Law has today launched a £50m fund – backed by a hedge fund – to help its clients pursue litigation, in a first for a law firm.’
Legal Futures, 1st February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has reduced by almost two-thirds the balance awarded to the seller of a law firm by the High Court, after ruling that – among other things – the trial judge had been wrong not to award the buyer damages for misrepresentation of the firm’s finances.’
Legal Futures, 29th January 2016
Source: wwww.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A legal secretary who stole nearly £79,000 from vulnerable clients and spent it on shopping sprees has been jailed for two and a half years.’
BBC News, 28th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Justice minister Dominic Raab and armed forces minister Penny Mordaunt are to chair a working party looking at how to prevent “any malicious or parasitic litigation from being taken against our brave armed forces”, Mr Raab revealed yesterday.’
Litigation Futures, 27th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) is set to make encouraging comparison sites to enter the legal market one of its goals for the next year, along with telling regulators to be clearer about how they spend the profession’s money.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A newspaper’s right to free expression under article 10 of the European Convention was not breached by being ordered to pay success fees and after-the-event (ATE) insurance premiums, Master Gordon-Saker has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 19th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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