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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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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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