Legal Services

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Clients relying on insurance least satisfied by legal work
News
14 June 2013
Will writing top of the satisfaction table, with personal injury bottom
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Do they bear comparison?
Comment
14 June 2013
Chloe Carpenter looks at the new standards for legal comparison websites
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Unbundling legal services is nothing new
Comment
14 June 2013
Nick Jarrett-Kerr assesses the recent Law Society practice note on unbundling legal services. What might it mean for business clients, and how will law firms react?
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Document-assembly pioneer launches LASPO-compliant referral scheme
News
11 June 2013
New plan pledges to connect independent personal injury firms with claimants through two-stage registration process
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Property service group launches conveyancing referral network
News
6 June 2013
Network goes live just one week after In-Deed wind down, boasting Irwin Mitchell and NewLaw as early members
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MoJ kicks off full-scale review of legal services framework
News
5 June 2013
Consultation will identify concerns over the complexity of the legal services regulatory landscape and potentially recast the whole legislative framework
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Estate agents’ grip on conveyancing market forces In-Deed sell-off
News
3 June 2013
Very low margins and price sensitivity of online conveyancing push business into selling off its legal practice and exiting the legal market
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‘Not enough’ shopping around, consumer panel says
News
30 May 2013
More shop around for family lawyers but less for conveyancers, panel says as it urges regulators to show greater leadership
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SRA axes genealogy service to relieve pressure on contact centre
News
16 May 2013
Only 17 per cent of calls answered within 60 minute target
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Co-op Bank’s debt rating downgraded to ‘junk’ status
News
10 May 2013
Move follows collapse of deal to buy Lloyds branches
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Just two comparison websites sign up to new legal standards
News
10 May 2013
Panel urges signatories to allow consumers to make meaningful choices as use of DIY law rises
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Welsh legal brand to feature on The Apprentice
News
1 May 2013
Former slate entrepreneur to ask Lord Sugar to invest £250,000 in Dynamo Legal
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Right to choose
Comment
24 April 2013
Vanessa Bailey believes in the liberalisation of legal services and advised on best-value tendering policy, but she has doubts over governments methods of implementation
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Co-op launches ‘massive expansion’ of family legal aid service
News
23 April 2013
23 bank branches offering advice under 78 legal aid contracts
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Cardiff leads the way as Admiral Law unveiled
News
8 April 2013
Insurer to have majority shareholding in joint venture ABSs
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Practice rights come first, IPS says
News
4 April 2013
Legal executives could set up firms with other lawyers and licensed conveyancers
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Mixed response to Edmonds’ call for a single legal regulator
News
22 March 2013
Current frontline regulators near unanimously reject LSB chairman’s suggestion
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Co-operative Legal Services makes profit of £26,000
News
21 March 2013
The Co-operative Group reports loss of 599m
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