Costs Round Up: More Time, Please ?
Quite a week then!
The Fear Factor
According to the Law Superstore, “Law firms are unnecessarily afraid of operating on fixed fees, and need to take a more commercial approach to how they market and price their services” Find out more at Legal Futures here.
More Time, Please?
Meanwhile, PI reform opponents ask, for more time. The current deadline is 6 January 2017 and gives us all just seven best canadian casino weeks to respond, less if we factor in the traditional lull over Christmas and New Year. Access to Justice Action Group has devised their own survey of firms to establish the full financial consequences of the government proposals. The survey is due to close this week. The survey can be accessed here and takes around 40 minutes to complete. A2J confirm that all individual responses will be kept confidential.
Good News
There has been some positive news in recent weeks for Claimant lawyers with two long anticipated Court of Appeal judgments falling into place, writes Rachel Rothwell. Read up on narrative and comment from our key note speaker, Lee Coulthard on Bird v Acorn and Qadar v Esure (on the John M Hayes website) – both articles contain cautionary notes and advice to Jackson, LJ on further reforms. Look out too for an exciting development on fixed fees from John M Hayes – coming soon..
Two Tier Justice System
“People of all political persuasions should be deeply troubled by the findings of the Bach Commission, outlined in the interim report The crisis in the justice system in England and Wales,” writes Tom C, on Fast Forward blog. Read commentary on Lord Bach Commission interim report (from the New Statesman) here. Find the text of the interim report here.
Company News
Our new Instagram account – have you seen it? This week too, we are glad to see both Kenny Shealey and Lee Coulthard safely back from their respective travels in Peru and India during November. We love the perspective travel gives to the committed team of people who work for the company and hope to encourage both to write a little of their different experiences in the coming weeks.
Until next week..
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