No more referral fees

Interesting news on the legal funding front as the practice of paying referral fees, whereby insurance companies, breakdown firms or car repairers sell on information to claimant solicitors, is to go. The government (and industry figures) reckon it is pushing up premiums and encouraging compensation culture (if such a thing exists….). Ths, together with the Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill which will require any success fee to be paid by the claimant rather than the defendant, amounts to a radical shift in approach which may eliminate some spurious claims. Let’s hope that cases of genuine injury are not put off claiming damages where they are due, however.

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On Duty [7 Sep 2011]
Bonkers bye-laws [24 Aug 2011]
Bribery Act - in force 1 July [7 Jul 2011]
Poor set to suffer most from legal aid cuts [28 Jun 2011]
Jury trial and the internet [16 Jun 2011]
Supreme Court to rule on meaning of miscarriage of justice [9 May 2011]
The end of immunity for expert witnesses [4 Apr 2011]
Sound Off for Justice - video and audio resource [3 Apr 2011]
The end for success fees? [30 Mar 2011]
The true impact of the legal aid cuts [18 Mar 2011]
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Contract Law and Part 36 [4 Jul 2010]
Civil Courts - cuts coming! [25 Jun 2010]
Libel reform - new worksheet with video clip [24 May 2010]
Al Rawi and Others v Security Service and Others [7 May 2010]
BCA v Singh [15 Apr 2010]
Rights and Responsibilities Green Paper -video and worksheet [15 Feb 2010]
A Primary Example of Bad Legislation [3 Feb 2010]
Coroner’s Courts [24 Jan 2010]
Jackson report into Civil Costs [14 Jan 2010]
Reform of libel law [22 Nov 2009]