“Referral fees for personal injury cases will be banned to help tackle rising insurance costs, as part of the Government’s commitment to curb compensation culture.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th September 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government is to ban referral fees in personal injury claims in an attempt to curb the ‘compensation culture’. It says the current system in which personal injury details are sold on by insurance companies to lawyers has led to rising insurance costs.”
BBC News, 9th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal Aid and the Costs Review Reforms
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th September 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Government’s plans to slash the soaring legal aid bill threaten to cost the NHS millions and exclude many victims of medical negligence from justice, the National Health Service’s own lawyers have warned.”
The Independent, 28th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking affair, is suing the now defunct tabloid’s publisher News International in an attempt to force the company to pay his legal bills.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Wannabe lawyers face a conundrum – they need maximum breadth of experience, but minimum university debt.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Civil Justice Council has today announced the membership of an expert working party that will consider implementation of the Jackson (pictured) reforms of civil litigation costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service have increased by almost a third over the past year, with an extra £100million paid out to victims of medical blunders.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Internet users who risk being blacklisted as illegal file-sharers will have to pay £20 to appeal against warning letters they receive about their behaviour, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Rupert Murdoch’s News International may have to continue funding the legal defence for the convicted phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire, despite the company’s promise to cut off the funds that have so far allowed him not to name the News of the World executives who commissioned him.”
The Independent, 1st August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A leading defamation lawyer has called for conditional fee agreements to be preserved to help victims of press abuse.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The present proposals by the Ministry of Justice to abolish the recovery by successful claimants of the success fees on ‘no win no fee’ libel and privacy cases and the recovery of ‘after the event’ (ATE) insurance premiums represents a damaging and dangerous attack on access to justice for ordinary citizens of modest means.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal advisers have been stunned by the Metropolitan Police requesting rock-bottom hourly rates in its latest panel review, at a time when it faces an increasing chance of court action over its handling of the News International phone-hacking scandal.”
The Lawyer, 18th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A commander in the Royal Navy has been found guilty of dishonestly claiming allowances to send his two children to boarding school.”
BBC News, 12th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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