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Battle over BTE insurers' control of fee rates and solicitor choice heads to Court of Appeal
Tuesday, 29 November 2011The Court of Appeal is to decide the extent to which legal expenses insurers can control how much they pay non-panel solicitors. ULR Additions has lodged an appeal against the important ruling that before-the-event insurers cannot reject a policyholder’s choice of a non-panel solicitor because of fee rates.
Tags: legal expenses insurance
Posted in News
BTE ruling “does not provide solicitors with a blank cheque”, top insurer warns
Wednesday, 2 November 2011Last week’s High Court ruling on the rates before-the-event legal expenses insurers should pay non-panel law firms “does not provide a blank cheque” to solicitors, a leading provider has warned. But ACL chief says it offers new opportunities for solicitors.
Tags: Association of Costs Lawyers, costs, legal expenses insurance
Posted in News
BTE insurers losing grip on choice of solicitor and charge-out rates after key ruling
Wednesday, 26 October 2011Before-the-event legal expenses insurers cannot reject a policyholder’s choice of a non-panel solicitor because the lawyer will not accept payment on their rates, the High Court has ruled – and those rates are not the starting point in a costs assessment.
Tags: costs, legal expenses insurance
Posted in News
Do ABSs and Jackson make you want to get out of PI? This site will arrange it in a month
Tuesday, 19 April 2011A new website called “We buy any files” is keen to acquire business from practices looking to shed personal injury work ahead of alternative business structures and the Jackson reforms. Meanwhile, a survey of consumers has highlighted dissatisfaction with the PI claims system, and leading legal expenses insurer DAS has hit back at yesterday’s report on BTE insurance.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, claims management companies, legal expenses insurance, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, News
Consumer watchdog calls on SRA to probe referral fees and conflicts of interest in BTE
Monday, 18 April 2011The Solicitors Regulation Authority should investigate the practice of panels of solicitors taking cases from before-the-event legal expenses insurers on a conditional fee basis after paying referral fees, a consumer watchdog has argued.
Tags: Jackson report, legal expenses insurance, referral fees, Solicitors Regulation Authority, Young review
Posted in News, Solicitors
Lawyers should make common cause with us on key issues, says consumer champion
Monday, 7 February 2011More information to help consumers select a solicitor, freedom to choose a lawyer under legal expenses insurance, and the regulation of contingency fees are all areas where the profession and the public should work together, a leading consumer champion claimed last week.
Tags: contingency fees, legal expenses insurance, publishing complaints, will-writing
Posted in Consumer panel, News, Solicitors
Why big brand legal services are bad news for solicitors
Thursday, 4 November 2010Is it time for solicitors to panic? The significance of the announcement that the AA and Saga have launched legal services websites is less in what they are offering but in the fact that they are the latest big brands to see potential in the legal market.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal expenses insurance, reserved legal activities
Posted in Alternative business structures, Market monitor, News
Here come the brands: AA and Saga launch legal websites aimed at Middle England
Monday, 1 November 2010The AA and Saga have today launched legal services websites targeted at Middle England as pressure on high street solicitors cranks up. Both companies – which are owned by the same private equity businesses – have tied up with volume law firm Cogent Law to offer services sitting behind an online document-assembly platform provided by legal IT company Epoq Legal.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal expenses insurance, Online Legal Services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Market monitor, News
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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