The Government has proposed a new system that requires claimant lawyers to check the claims history of potential clients before starting cases, in order to combat the growth in ‘crash-for-cash’ fraud.
Claimant lawyers face client history tests
The Government has proposed a new system that requires claimant lawyers to check the claims history of potential clients before starting cases, in order to combat the growth in ‘crash-for-cash’ fraud.
Fresh calls for better legal advice strategy, following aid cuts
The provision of legal advice has been fragmented by cuts to legal aid, according to claims by leading practitioners giving evidence to members of an All Party Parliamentary Group on the subject.
Paid legal advisers could be recognised as a ‘legitimate feature’ of the legal services market
The Chairman of the Legal Services Board (LSB), Sir Michael Pitt, has given some backing to the emergence of fee-charging advisors.
Compensation fund faces £2.5m bill for uninsured law firms
More than £2.5m is expected to be paid out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) from its compensation fund in order to cover the cost of cost of negligence claims against uninsured law firms, it has been revealed.