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Government lays out cautious approach to extending fixed-fee system across personal injury
Thursday, 9 February 2012The government is to take an unexpectedly cautious approach to extending the road traffic accident portal regime and has ditched the idea of mandatory pre-action directions, it announced today.
Tags: fixed fees, personal injury, RTA portal
Posted in Latest news
Consumers call for fixed fees as small law firms struggle
Tuesday, 17 January 2012Law 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.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, external investment, fixed fees, high street firms
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
News in brief: ABS applications update, SfH founder fights on, Eversheds’ "absolute fixed fee" and more
Monday, 9 January 2012Our regular round-up includes the latest number of ABS applicants, an about-turn by the founder of Solicitors from Hell, Eversheds extending its partnership with Tyco, more cash for Rocket Lawyer, plus Manchester mergers, litigation funding and more.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, fixed fees, Litigation Funding, mergers, Online Legal Services, Solicitors from Hell
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, News In Brief
Cameron pledges to extend portal to bigger claims and other areas of PI – just don’t ask which ones
Friday, 6 January 2012The 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.
Tags: fixed fees, personal injury
Posted in Latest news
Banning referral fees and then cutting RTA portal costs will have “devastating” impact
Wednesday, 9 November 2011It is full steam ahead at the Ministry of Justice with the Jackson reforms, but do the figures add up? If they do, what do they add up to? Amanda Ashton of Compass Costs crunches the figures on the impact a reduction in RTA portal fees will have in the event referral fees are banned
Tags: fixed fees, Jackson report, personal injury, RTA portal
Posted in Features, Latest news
News in brief: SRA renewals delay, referral fee “ignorance”, and much more
Monday, 24 October 2011Our regular round-up of news you need to know includes the appeal court quashing an ILEX disciplinary ruling, delays for solicitors renewing practising certificates, a survey of young drivers on referral fees, a survey finding support for outsourcing and much more besides.
Tags: fixed fees, ILEX, ILEX Professional Standards, Law Society, Legal Services Board, outsourcing, professional indemnity insurance, qualified lawyers transfer scheme, referral fees, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, News, News In Brief, Outsourcing, Solicitors
Fixed fees more important to clients than brand names, says major research
Wednesday, 7 September 2011Clients view fixed fees and online access to the progress of their case – but not brand names – as key elements of legal services they would buy, according to unique new research, while law firms are waiting for competitors to close under pressure from ABSs and legal aid.
Tags: Client care, fixed fees
Posted in Client care, Market monitor, News
High Court ruling a warning to firms offering clients fixed-fee retainers
Thursday, 12 May 2011Solicitors 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.
Tags: fixed fees
Posted in Finance, News
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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