Feb 12, 2016
Regulators plan to consult on what information solicitors should provide to clients about their options and procedures for making service complaints. Complaints by clients often involve poor legal management. This can include delays in dealing with correspondence,...
Feb 12, 2016
When people have settlement discussions they are protected from disclosure in litigation. Mediations are obviously within this category. In a recent case (Suh and another v Mace (UK) [2016] EWCA Civ 4) the Court looked at whether a person who didn’t know what...
Feb 12, 2016
It is almost always inadvisable to leave settlement until the day of the trial of at all possible. By that stage, costs, the stakes and indeed emotions are higher. Personal injury claims are no exception. Closer to trial the stark facts become apparent and minds are...
Feb 12, 2016
Thousands have been forced to recalculate divorce settlements after a tech glitch Ministers have admitted that thousands of financial settlements for divorced couples will have to be recalculated after a Courts Service computer programme suffered a catastrophic...
Feb 12, 2016
It was reported that the number of Solicitor negligence claims issued in the High Court fell last year by nearly half after rocketing by threefold in 2014. As a result professional indemnity law firms are having to consider staffing levels. The reason for this is that...
