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CA sounds alarm over injustice risk as it ends up researching law for LiP
Wednesday, 11 February 2015The Court of Appeal highlighted the false economy of the legal aid cuts yesterday after complaining that it had had to research the law on behalf of a litigant in person. It warned of the risk of courts coming to wrong decisions because of the lack of legal assistance.
Tags: Litigants-in-person
Posted in Latest news
Big law firms hiring poor-performing barristers, analysts claim
Monday, 22 December 2014A group of US-based entrepreneurs claim to have carried out pioneering research which has shown that big commercial firms in the UK are “routinely rehiring poor performing barristers while ignoring the best performers”.
Tags: Barristers, Court of Appeal, Litigants-in-person
Posted in Latest news, Technology
LCJ: why is the cost of legal services increasing, despite more competition?
Tuesday, 16 December 2014“Steps must be taken” to find out why the cost of legal services is increasing, despite the changed market and “great number of providers”, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, has said.
Tags: ADR, Jackson report, Litigants-in-person
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Better late than never: MoJ finally publishes report on litigants in person
Friday, 28 November 2014The Ministry of Justice has finally published a report it commissioned on litigants in person – more than a year after it was submitted. The report criticised the Legal Services Consumer Panel for calling for greater recognition for paid McKenzie Friends.
Tags: Legal Services Consumer Panel, Litigants-in-person, Ministry of Justice
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news
Now MoJ sits on litigants in person report for over a year
Monday, 17 November 2014The Ministry of Justice has failed to publish for over a year a major report on litigants in person in family law cases involving six universities, it has emerged.
Tags: family law, legal aid, Litigants-in-person, Ministry of Justice
Posted in Latest news
Consumer panel backs greater recognition of McKenzie Friends
Thursday, 17 April 2014A new trade association, the Society of McKenzie Friends, is to be launched to represent the non-lawyer advisers who charge fees, as the first step towards self-regulation. The news comes as the Legal Services Consumer Panel concludes that the public interest benefits of MFs outweigh the risks.
Tags: Law Society, Legal Services Consumer Panel, Litigants-in-person
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, News
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Succession (Season 5) – Santa looks to the future
It’s time for the annual Christmas blog from Nigel Wallis, consultant at Legal Futures Associate O’Connors Legal Services.
The COLP and management 12 days of Christmas checklist
Leading up to Christmas this year, it might be a quieter time to reflect on trends, issues and regulation, and how they might impact your firm.
The next wave of AI: what’s really coming in 2025
The most exciting battle in artificial intelligence isn’t unfolding in corporate labs; it’s happening in the open-source community.
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