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.
Read moreClaimant 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.
Read moreFresh 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.
Read morePaid 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.
Read moreCompensation 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.
Read moreHead of Law Society raises fresh concerns about Legal Aid
The President of the Law Society, Andrew Caplen, has raised concerns about the uncertainty that continues to surround the reforms to legal aid and the effect it is having on the legal sector.
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