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£500m RAC contract the first of many, says Quindell
Thursday, 4 April 2013Alternative business structure Quindell Portfolio plc has started to announce the major contract wins its end-to-end personal injury service has delivered, with a deal with RAC worth potentially £500m a year first to become public.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, personal injury
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Top insurer launches ABS with personal injury law firm
Wednesday, 3 April 2013One of the country’s largest insurance companies yesterday received its alternative business structure licence and has struck a deal with a Cardiff personal injury firm to provide legal services to customers making non-fault claims.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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AIM-listed ABS sees "opportunity for growth" in the financial problems of traditional law firms
Wednesday, 27 March 2013The financial difficulties facing many law firms offers a real opportunity for growth, AIM-listed alternative business structure (ABS) Abbey Protection has claimed. It announced a 7% rise in turnover in 2012 to £38.7m and 3% increase in profits to £10.3m.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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Claims management companies win ABS status as SRA launches referral fee ban guidance
Tuesday, 26 March 2013A company that provides both claims management services and legal expenses insurance has joined forces with a law firm in an alternative business structure that needed a waiver to allow a 27-year-old solicitor to be its head of legal practice. It was one of two newly licensed CMCs.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, claims management companies, CMC, personal injury, referral fees
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Niche practices eye expansion opportunities after gaining ABS licences
Friday, 22 March 2013Two niche law firms have outlined their hopes for expansion after receiving their alternative business structure licences from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. One specialises in family law – and owns the divorcesolicitor.com domain – and the other operates in health care.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, family law
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SMEs “deeply unhappy” with legal services as lawyers warned they risk going the way of HMV
Wednesday, 20 March 2013Just one in eight small businesses believe that lawyers provide a cost-effective solution to legal problems, new research has found. The finding suggests far larger unmet legal need among SMEs than among the general public.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Legal Services Board
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SRA reveals financial instability indicators as it relaxes rule on reporting non-material breaches
Monday, 18 March 2013The Solicitors Regulation Authority has outlined the three key financial ‘warning signs’ against which it will assess firms’ financial stability as a key element of its supervisory work over the next year. It is also to end the need for firms to submit an annual report on non-material rule breaches.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Law Society president embraces ABS status
Friday, 15 March 2013A virtual firm that is looking to share profits with its consultants and a leading personal injury practice have become the latest alternative business structures. Scott Moncrieff & Associates, known as Scomo, was founded by Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures
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Survey: personal injury law firms face financial meltdown
Wednesday, 13 March 2013Nearly a fifth of the north-west’s specialist personal injury law firms are considering shutting up shop due to the financial impact of the government’s civil costs reforms, with many predicting huge cuts in their profitability as a result of the new RTA portal fees, new research has revealed.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, referral fees, RTA portal
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ABSs offer opportunity to thriving in-house lawyers, says Law Society
Tuesday, 12 March 2013The number of in-house lawyers has not been affected by the economic crisis and alternative business structures (ABSs) offer general counsel an opportunity to expand their services, according to the Law Society.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Barristers, chartered legal executive advocates, in-house lawyers, Law Society, solicitor-advocates
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