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Comparison site aims exclusively at SME market
Monday, 14 October 2013A comparison website claiming to be the first UK service dedicated to matching businesses to lawyers has been launched, and includes customer ratings at the end of every engagement.
Tags: comparison websites, price comparison, SMEs
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Survey: shopping around works for legal consumers, but too few do it
Thursday, 30 May 2013The minority of consumers who shop around for legal services are likely to be more satisfied by the service they receive from their chosen provider, new research has found. The findings on how consumers choose lawyers are likely to give encouragement to high street lawyers.
Tags: Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news
Legal price comparison websites “begin to sign up” to good practice standards
Friday, 10 May 2013Five legal price comparison websites have signed up to good practice standards issued by two regulators and the Legal Services Consumer Panel – although they are to remain voluntary, with no external validation.
Tags: Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Marketing & PR
Consumer panel attacks regulators for not making lawyer registers available to comparison websites
Monday, 28 January 2013Legal regulators have failed to open up their professional registers containing disciplinary information to price comparison websites, despite having been instructed to do so by the Legal Services Board, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has complained.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Costs Lawyer Standards Board, ILEX Professional Standards, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Executives, Other lawyers, Solicitors
Wigster bids for 500-strong law firm panel after bringing in ex-Minster Law CEO to lead expansion
Friday, 5 October 2012Legal comparison website Wigster.com has unveiled plans to increase its 100-strong law firm panel five-fold as it seeks to step up its presence in the market. Matthew Briggs, former CEO of Minster Law and Capita Insurance Services, has joined as a director to drive growth.
Tags: Online Legal Services, price comparison
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
News in brief: SRA launches Hillsborough probe, two more ABSs, PC renewal timetable and more
Friday, 21 September 2012Our latest round-up of news you need to know includes the SRA launching an investigation into the conduct of solicitors after the Hillsborough disaster, the latest ABS licences, PC renewal details, and a bid to ensure high standards of complaints handling among conveyancers.
Tags: ABS, conveyancing, Legal Ombudsman, LeO, practising certificate, price comparison, professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, News In Brief, Solicitors
Regulators told to release law firm quality indicators and co-operate with comparison websites
Tuesday, 18 September 2012Regulators of the legal profession will have to gather and publish evidence of where lawyers are falling down on quality – including information on disciplinary action – following a wide-ranging review by the Legal Services Board.
Tags: Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Board
‘New generation’ comparison website receives investment backing for full launch
Thursday, 28 June 2012CompareLegalCosts.com, the ‘new generation’ comparison website that requires participating law firms and barristers to offer fixed fees, has announced a £500,000 investment in the full launch of the service next month.
Tags: fixed fees, Law Society, Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Exclusive: Law Society begins work on creating solicitor comparison website
Thursday, 21 June 2012The Law Society is investigating whether to launch its own solicitor comparison website, Legal Futures can reveal. There is an internal debate going on as to whether this would enable comparison on price as well as other factors.
Tags: price comparison
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
LSB calls on profession to engage with comparison websites and “will consider” accrediting them
Tuesday, 19 June 2012The Legal Services Board has urged regulators and professional bodies to engage with comparison websites for the benefit of consumers, including providing access to their registers, Legal Futures can reveal.
Tags: Legal Services Board, Legal Services Consumer Panel, price comparison
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Legal Services Board, Marketing & PR
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