There is still time to respond to the Legal Onbudsman’s consultation about certification as an ADR Provider under the directive and the plan to allow indefinite complaints about lawyers (subject to discretion over stale complaints). In the meantime, the new...
Today is my day off and where better to spend it than at the RIAD legal expenses conference in Brussels looking at the issue of online dispute resolution? Ok, many people will think that I have finally lost the plot but actually legal expenses insurers have...
I always wondered how LinkedIn could make money, but now I know, although it is probably not quite what the owners were thinking of….Congratulations to those canny US class action lawyers who have made claims on behalf of LinkedIn users who sent invitations to...
Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference, in the context of a debate regarding legal costs, former City solicitor and recently elected Conservative MP Alberto Costa said some of his ex-colleagues are still not doing enough to encourage and...
Up until now many businesses have avoided taking any action to comply with the ADR Directive that came into force from 1 October 2015 and many will be waiting until some enforcement action is taken before dealing with the new paradigm. Some may well not be...
