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Law firms and other legal providers that offer consumers fixed fees “are likely to have a clear competitive advantage” over those that bill by the hour, new research has shown. It also forecasts that the legal market will grow this year, mainly thanks to larger law firms, with smaller ones struggling.

The government is to extend the upper limit of the road traffic accident portal to £25,000, while similar fixed-fee schemes are to be introduced into other, as yet unspecified, areas of personal injury, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

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Solicitors dispensing legal advice on a fixed-fee retainer should take care to clarify the terms and ensure the service they provide is the same as if it were paid for by the hour, following a High Court ruling.