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Improve affordability by making unbundling a viable option
Unbundled legal services are rising in popularity, according to Legal Services Consumer Panel research
16 July 2025
Proposed boost to civil legal aid fees
Lawyers have welcomed a proposal to raise civil legal aid fees by 10%-42% but called for more.
26 March 2025
NLJ this week: Not enough judges, too many judgments?
A large number of civil, family and tribunal fees are about to go up (and a couple of dozen will go down). In this week’s NLJ, former district judge Stephen Gold crunches the numbers ahead of 1 April. As Gold writes, ‘issue before then and clients will be much impressed’.
14 March 2025
Civil way: 14 March 2025 Premium Content
Sue soon; CFO not so special; party wars at the TCC; latest CPR PD update; neighbourly land grabs
14 March 2025 / Stephen Gold
Fees uplift a 'necessary first step'
Barristers have welcomed a 25% rise in rates for counsel taking on work for central government after 1 April.
26 February 2025
Fees uplift as guideline hourly rates rise
Commercial and corporate fee earners in London with more than eight years’ experience are valued at £566 per hour, following an uplift to the solicitors’ guideline hourly rates.
08 January 2025
Success fees cannot be drawn from deceased’s estate
Lawyers have welcomed the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that success fees are not covered by ‘financial need’ provisions in wills disputes
23 December 2024
Statutory bills or conditional fee agreements?

A Georgian billionaire can challenge his legal fees, the Court of Appeal has held

07 August 2024
Civil way: 19 April 2024 Premium Content
Litigators to move fast; Debt relief changes; CPR PD 165 is VATable; Getting in on the Act; Master stroke
19 April 2024 / Stephen Gold
NLJ this week: Gold on fees, Vento awards & clear drafting

Court fees are going up on 1 May! In this week’s ‘Civil way’, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, reports that 172 fees are affected, although some have escaped Those are not the only fee hikes, as Gold notes

19 April 2024
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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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